If wine doesn't suit you, Suntory would be just as happy for you to choose a Suntory Highball for your cherry blossom viewing. Nice Photo.
http://www.suntory.com/
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Valckenberg German wines go through Suntory in Japan and Suntory suggests that people in the Tohoku region should celebrate the cherry blossoms with a little Madonna Rose. サントリー
http://www.suntory.com/
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Kirin would like you to associate Kirin Lager with cherry blossom viewing. I am perfectly willing to follow their lead.
http://www.kirin.co.jp/
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Cold Stone Creamery Maple Pecan Passion is being sold exclusively in 7-Eleven stores for 378 yen, which is a nice premium. メープルピーカンパッション コールドストーン セブンイレブン
http://www.sej.co.jp/
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Through Tuesday, 7-Eleven is offering 100 yen onigiri, on all varieties which regularly go for up to 160 yen. This is a periodic special that is really a pretty good deal. I assume it gets people in the stores.
http://www.sej.co.jp/
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In a somewhat bizarre move, the Morinaga home delivery service offered some makeup tips for female customers this week. This just shows that in many social trends, Japan is a decade or so behind the West. It is true that most of the home delivery decisions are made by women homemakers and they are targeted in marketing, but I think similar advice in the US or Europe would result in a good number of people being insulted. Marketing teams almost always consist of both men and women, so this was not just a case of men being tone deaf. 森永宅配
http://www.morinagamilk.co.jp/
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Glico' famous sign in Osaka's Dotonbori district has not been renewed since 1998, so the company has announced that the current sign, the 5th, will be replaced in August. They advice visiting before that time if you want to take a picture of the current sign - one of the most iconic photos of Osaka. グリコ 道頓堀 大阪
http://www.glico.co.jp/
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Lotteria introduced the world's first shrimp burger (or ebi burger) in 1977, which has since become a regular product at many burger chains in Japan. They have just introduced a product renewal which features minor ingredient changes which result in overall improvement. To promote the renewal they are reducing the price by 50 yen during April.
http://lotteria.jp/
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Suntory is promoting its Akadama sweet red wine to be mixed with umeshu (plum shochu) on ice with a plum on top. I personally despise plum, so this looks like a waste of red wine to me, but each to his own. 赤玉スイートワイン サントリー
http://www.suntory.co.jp/
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Morinaga has redesigned its home delivery coffee milk bottles (single serving) to have a more retro feel. Unlike other countries, home delivery of milk remains a significant market and with Japan's aging population will probably only become more important in the future.
http://www.morinagamilk.co.jp/
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