Kirin Chitose Beer Brewery

Beer breweries might not be quite as unique as whisky distilleries, but all the tours I have been on in Japan have been well worth the time. The Kirin Chitose Beer Brewery is located just outside Sapporo in Hokkaido. This is a nice photo of the complementary bus from the train station.

http://www.kirin.co.jp/entertainment/factory/chitose/index.html

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Pokka Sapporo Aromax Can Coffee

Aromax, the can coffee brand for Pokka and now Pokka Sapporo, touts its special wide mouth cans because they let more coffee aroma reach your nose and thus enhances the flavor. This also explains the brand name.

http://www.pokkasapporo-fb.jp/

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Suntory Whisky 90 Years

In 1923, Suntory opened Japan's first whisky distillery. I assume they will have a media blitz come 2023, and rightly so. In the mean time, there is a nice history page on Suntory whisky if you follow the link below.

http://www.suntory.com/whisky/en/brandstory/

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Color Emotion Guide for Marketing

There is a great post about color and marketing on the Buffer Blog by Leo Widrich. Japanese companies and food companies are part of the mix, but it all comes together in the beautiful graphic here. I highly recommend giving the post a look.

http://blog.bufferapp.com/the-science-of-colors-in-marketing-why-is-facebook-blue

Thanks to D.D. Williamson for pointing out this article.
www.ddwcolor.com
https://plus.google.com/u/1/b/101404330756660729078/112714136131259278157/about

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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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