This shochu (薩摩こく紫) is the first to use Akemurasaki (暁紫) sweet potatoes for a full flavor. They are giving away bottles to 10 people. Registration on Asahi's website is required.
http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/kokumurasaki/campaign/index.html
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KFC in Japan is testing a new store concept. KFC chicken is available in a pub-like setting with other typical foods that go along with beer and other drinks also available. Keeping on the Kentucky theme, Jack Daniel's whiskey is used for the high balls. So far there is only one store near Shinjuku.
http://kfc-route25.jp/menu.html
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Suntory has added banana as a new flavor in its Gokuri fruit drink line. The other two flavors are grapefruit and pineapple. Each product contains 15% fruit juice. Gokuri (ごくり) means gulp in Japanese.
http://www.suntory.co.jp/softdrink/gokuri/
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Somewhat reminiscent of the beer commercials in the US many years ago which set up the false dichotomy "tastes great" vs "less filling", this Sapporo commercial pits "goes well with meat" vs "goes well with fish". The banners which read "I like meat" (肉好き) and "I like fish" (魚好き) and were used the commercials are being give away to two people (one each) who enter their addresses on the website.
The commercial is for Mugi to Hop (麦とホップ) happoshu beer and a ribbon or sash in Japanese is called a tasuki (襷).
http://www.sapporobeer.jp/mugitohop/tasuki/
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The Nippon Ham Group is conducting an online game where people search around a virtual town for answers to a quiz and learn interesting things they never knew about The Nippon Ham Group at the same time, or at least that is the way it is explained. Special prizes including unagi bentos are given away as presents.
http://www.nipponham.co.jp/group/special/
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Cocos family restaurants are offering Summer curry items: nan bread, butter chicken curry, Indian flavor seafood curry, spicy beef, assorted vegetables tomato curry.
http://menu.cocos-jpn.co.jp/menu/new/index.html
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Morinaga says that you can become beautiful from the inside out. A healthy digestive tract, provided by the effect of Bifidus yogurt (containing Bifidobacterium BB536), will also help you be beautiful. It challenges people to try this yogurt for 7 days. This challenge is done via an email, therefore registration is required. The campaign is called Bifidus Beauty Action and 2,500 people will be chosen to receive free product and Ichiro (Japanese MLB player) goods.
http://bifidus.jp/7try/
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Morinaga is giving away an Eightranger can to promote its Hi-Chew candy and the new Eightranger movie. Eightranger is the latest incarnation of the successful ranger series of superheroes. The contents of the can will only be revealed when opened.
http://www.morinaga.co.jp/hi-chew/
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Nippon Ham has a Food Allergy Net which has an online shop to sell specialty foods to people with food allergies. They are giving away bread and pound cakes made from rice flour to 20 people who enter by webform. With high wheat prices, rice flour has become much more affordable in recent years. It also has the advantage of being gluten free.
Nippon Ham has a special factory dedicated to producing allergy free foods.
http://www.food-allergy.jp/info/index.html
http://www.food-allergy.jp/present/
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Kirin is conducting a Guinness Pint & Point Membership Program where they are giving away goods based on points accumulated checking in via a special Facebook Guinness app.
https://www.facebook.com/GuinnessJapan/app_388017697889650
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