Ben & Jerry's Coffee Blast

This is a nice image, which was posted during test season a few weeks ago. It not only associates coffee with test taking, if you read what the student is writing, she becomes side tracked from her studies and starts thinking about ice cream instead. This Coffee Blast has chocolate chips in coffee flavored ice cream. ベン＆ジェリーズ コーヒーブラスト

http://www.benjerry.jp/

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Morinaga Pino Flavors

Pino is a strong Morinaga ice cream brand - small bite-size ice cream covered in chocolate. This is a nice image showing the varieties available. semi-sweet chocolate, strawberry chocolate, matcha chocolate, white chocolate, custard chocolate, almond chocolate, coffee chocolate, blueberry chocolate, bitter chocolate, caramel chocolate, black tea chocolate, and cheese chocolate.

http://www.morinagamilk.co.jp/

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Kentucky Fried Chicken Hinamatsuri

From earlier this month, this is a cute ad promoting chicken on Girls' Day or Hinamatsuri.

http://www.kfc.co.jp/

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Suntory Premium Malts Giveaway

Suntory is giving away Royal Copenhagen porcelain plates to customers who buy 6 packs of The Premium Malt's and find "winner" printed on the inside of the cardboard wrapping. サントリー ザ・プレミアム・モルツ

http://www.suntory.co.jp/

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Ben & Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake

This is a great image for Ben & Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake. ベン＆ジェリーズ

http://www.benjerry.jp/

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Calpis Big Size Cans

Calpis offers this "big size" cans in some vending machines and outlets and markets them to males who are very thirsty after a long day at the office. Pictured are the Calpis Water and Calpis Soda versions which are not calorie free, so 500 ml ends up providing a decent sugar infusion. Fun fact, the Calpis Water actually has more calories than the Calpis Soda, 45 kcal/100 ml vs 37 kcal/100 ml.

http://www.calpis.co.jp/

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KFC Kentucky Fried Fish

This is a nice image of what you could expect with KFC's Kentucky Fried Fish sandwich.

http://www.kfc.co.jp/

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Suntory Hakushu Whisky Distillery

At the end of last year, I made my first trip to Suntory Hakushu Whisky Distillery, with a Scotsman no less, and had a very nice time. Not exactly a convenient location for everyone, but a straight shot out of Tokyo on the Chuo Line for those who are starting there. There is a free bus from the station, as well as a free tour and tasting. The gift shop, museum, woody surroundings and restaurant were all very nicely done, I thought.

http://www.suntory.co.jp/factory/hakushu/access/index.html

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Ben & Jerry's Matcha Made In Japan

Here is a Ben & Jerry's flavor made in and for Japan - Matcha flavor, made using tea from Uji, Kyoto, with pecan nuts. ベン＆ジェリーズ 抹茶 ピーカン 宇治 京都

http://www.benjerry.jp/

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Outback Steakhouse American Beef

Japan eased some restrictions on imported US Beef last year. There are legitimate concerns over how the US has handled beef at times, but I have never seen much reluctance among Japanese people to consume it. Restaurant menus frequently advertise US Beef or Aussie Beef (Japanese beef can frequently go for a premium). Outback might not be the best example, since it is a US chain, but this type of notice can be found on the menus of Japanese family restaurants also.

http://www.outbacksteakhouse.co.jp/

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