Pepsi Yoghurt: The Test!
October 28, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 8 Comments 

For the past week everybody has been blogging about Pepsi White, Pepsi’s new Yoghurt flavored Pepsi drink. It appeared on conveni store shelves on Wednesday, and there were blog responses to it within minutes- but how many of those people…

Japanese Space Food
September 7, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 8 Comments 

You’re in space. The trip up took 8 hours- most of which involved you sitting sideways strapped into a second-hand shuttle waiting for air traffic control to give you the all-clear, with no option to get up and go the…

Vegetable Chu-Hi Cocktails
August 21, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 9 Comments 

Japan-based companies Asahi (the brewer) and Kagome (the fruit and veg juicer) have teamed up to present us with a new and unique product: a range of fruit and vegetable sake cocktails. No longer will you have to choose between…

Sparkling Boysenberry and Choco Wafers
August 13, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 2 Comments 

Japan loves Kit Kats, and exotic flavored drinks, and happily enough so do you and me, so let’s get down to some serious snack deconstruction: I’ve blogged Kit Kats before, as well as snack/drink combo Pepsi Blue Hawaii + Brazilian…

Push Pops
July 9, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 7 Comments 

Push Pops! When I was a kid in England we had these. To have a Push Pop was a total status symbol. Adults may have walked around with ivory gilt gold-headed canes and peacock feathers in their caps, but for…

Youtei Yusui Political Water
July 4, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 3 Comments 

Lots of things get politicized in life. Rock has been political for a long time- Band Aid, Live Aid, U2 are heavy into politics. Food got political with Freedom Fries vs. French Fries for a while. Environmental concerns politicize a…

Meiji’s Acerola and Lemon
June 24, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 2 Comments 

Acerola and lemon, yum yum. It’s so delicious that stars will come out of your mouth. When I first came to Japan, I had no idea what an acerola was. Now, thanks to drinking plenty of acerola juice, and also…

Kit Kat Triple Berry
June 21, 2008 · Food / Drink, Japan · 8 Comments 

Kit Kat in Japan exemplify the gad-fly product life-cycle model that rules the confectionery business here, in that they constantly release colorful new but very short-lived product variants. To see a wide range of past Kit Kat flavors- check out…

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