Following up on the previous post, Morinaga and Benesse are celebrating 30 years fo Ototo crackers by giving away takoyaki (breaded and fried octopus balls) makers, in a cute nod to the shape of the crackers and Benesse Nintendo DS games. Entry involves mailing in proof of purchase marks.
http://www.morinaga.co.jp/ototo/campaign/benesse/index.html
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Morinaga Ototo crackers are an iconic Japanese confectionary brand and Japan's equivalent of animal crackers. As this image shows, this product consists of an easy to open and close box which contains crackers shaped like various sea creatures. Like all such products, they regularly introduce or rotate new flavors into the product line. One of my favorite flavors after first coming to Japan was squid ink flavor, which is black and commonly used on items such as spaghetti.
http://www.morinaga.co.jp/ototo/snack/index.html
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In a contest related to the promotion mentioned yesterday, Bull-Dog is taking submissions for the best model food stand at a school fair. It does not specify that it has to be an okonomiyaki or takoyaki stand, but I would assume a stand that uses Bull-Dog sauce would make for a stronger entry.
Prizes start at 50,000 yen.
http://okonavi.jp/gakusai2012/index.html
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Morioka History and Culture Museum (もりおか歴史文化館) is holding an exhibit on the history of confectionary products in Japan. The items in the exhibit are on load from Morinaga's collection. The exhibit runs through Sept 23rd and adult admission is 300 yen.
http://www.morireki.jp/exhibition/detail.php?data_id=376
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Bourbon is a confectionary maker based in Niigata. They are jumping into the disaster preparation market with a stylish version of long shelf life biscuits. In this nation all too familiar with natural disasters, homes, companies and schools typically have cans of long shelf life biscuits and bottles of water on hand. These biscuits are called kanpan 乾パン or "dried bread", but they come in plain packaging. Bourbon's new offering has a colorful package, cute bear characters (same bears used for a regular cookie brand) and a variety of cracker shapes and flavors. These biscuits have a 5 year shelf life.
As part of a promotional campaign, Bourbon is giving away stuffed character dolls to 500 people a month who mail in proof of purchase marks from eligible Bourbon products.
http://www.bourbon.co.jp/petit/campaign/20120619_2.html
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Many Morinaga youth targeted confectionary products come with Bellmark coupons. As explained on an August 1st post, when collected Bellmark coupons or proof of purchase marks provide funds for Japanese schools. They only represent 1 yen each, but can add up to significant money.
http://www.morinaga.co.jp/bellmark/index.html
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Bull-Dog is offering to support students who set up a okonomiyaki or takoyaki stands at school fairs or local cultural fairs. They are offering to provide sauce, banners and outfits to the student organizations setting up the stands.
http://okonavi.jp/gakusai2012/index.html
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Meiji has an app for their popular mushroom shaped, chocolate covered cookies "Kinoko no Yama" (きのこの山). I have not played it, but from the directions, it looks like you need to find, collect the chocolate covered mushrooms and then lift them over your head from some reason before gradually making your way up the levels. I suppose if you are going to kill some time playing a game, you might as well search for chocolate covered mushrooms.
http://www.meiji.co.jp/sweets/chocolate/kinotake/appli/
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Following up on my previous post, this ostensibly identical product, except for the mild mint flavor, does carry a FOSHU claim for oral health. A detailed ingredient list is not available online, but would be helpful in determining why this carries a claim and the other does not.
http://www.recaldent-gum.com/product/wc_ls.html
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Recaldent has introduced some new flavors and this volume pack mixes lemon and grapefruit flavors. This product does not carry a FOSHU claim even though the gum does contain the active ingredient CPP-ACP. I would assume that this product does not have as much CPP-ACP as is used in their published clinical trials. I would still choose this over regular sugar containing gum.
http://www.recaldent-gum.com/product/lg_ls.html
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