Kinwashi Tour Japan Thread

• kinwashi

  23 Dec 11, 22:56

  http://youtu.be/hEuJQAUO400

• kinwashi

  23 Dec 11, 23:07

  http://youtu.be/c46KaPQbQKg

   

  Remember this.... during Christmas what they alway do there. as told before.

  see again.

  http://youtu.be/5Gj90NLe3do

• kinwashi

  23 Dec 11, 23:23

  Ok...remember this..

   

  http://youtu.be/qe_ST2Bqeig

• kinwashi

  24 Dec 11, 20:09

   

  JapanToday

  JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSIONMcDonald's tries to usurp KFC as Japan's Christmas chicken king

  By Tracy Slater

  FOOD DEC. 24, 2011 - 06:00AM JST ( 35 )

  A KFC holiday queue.

  TOKYO —

  Christmas in Tokyo yields a special kind of wonder, an unofficial holiday spreading commercial good cheer. Open stores decked with decoration, romantic restaurants booked for Christmas-Eve date night (when reportedly condom vendors enjoy a robust sales spurt) and, of course ... holiday lines at Kentucky Fried Chicken.

  A legend is born

  KFC (or “kentakkii,” as it’s popularly known) launched its Japan-wide Christmas campaign in 1974 and since then has aggressively marketed its buckets as a holiday essential.

  Today, as Public Radio International’s Akiko Fujita has reported, “KFC commercials signal the start of the Christmas season in Japan.”

  According to the company, their holiday campaign was first conceived in 1971, at their Aoyama store. A homesick foreigner wandered in, bemoaned Japan’s lack of turkey, andchose fried chicken as the next-best alternative.

  Today, the company claims, ”Japan has a custom of chicken for Christmas, and the origin of this custom is KFC.”

  According to one Tokyo-based consumer, who gives her name as Chisato, this reasoning still holds sway. “Turkey here is hard to get, and we don’t have big ovens like in the United States, so it’s easier to eat fried chicken,” says Chisato.

  Rie, an office worker, explains that her family’s trigger for eating KFC on Christmas is always TV advertising. When “the ad comes on, someone says, ‘Why don’t we eat a KFC bucket on Christmas,’ and somehow, we all feel that’s a good idea,’” she says.

  Japanese press declares ‘Chicken War’

  But in recent years, KFC’s Christmas supremacy has been in peril, as a new heavy-hitting contender has entered the ring: McDonald’s.

  Dubbed a “chicken war” by the Japanese media, the battle of the bird has been heating up since 2010, when McDonald’s unveiled its fowl-centric “iCon” menu.

  Popular business magazine Diamond reported it’s been “getting hotter and hotter in the chicken market,” especially since McD’s CEO Eikoh Harada boldly proclaimed, “McDonald’s is No. 1 for chicken.”

  
  An increasing emphasis on chicken

  Although Harada admitted customers don’t yet think of McDonald’s as the leader in fast-food chicken, he pointed out that, with industry chicken sales at ¥392 billion and McDonalds’s with a 16.3% slice of the bird pie (64 billion yen), the Golden Arches actually holds top market share.

  With the Yuletide season upon us, Kentucky is bound to track McDonald’s maneuvers, especially since KFC’s Naoyuki Oishi told the Japan Times, in a past interview, that the company’s average Christmas chicken sales represent 20% of annual revenue.

  Still, McDonald’s denies any outright challenge to KFC, saying, “We are not trying to attack KFC. We are just focusing on chicken.”

  Foul call?

  But industry watchers such as Diamond and Insights don’t buy McDonald’s pacifist intentions.

  That changed in 2010, they claim, when KFC upped the ante by opening a new, high-concept Shibuya store—right next door to McDonalds’s “strategic ‘next-generation’ shop.”

  Still, a quick glance at both companies’ online real estate suggests that, for the time being at least, McDonald’s hasn’t launched an overt attack on the “Kentucky-for-Christmas” brand.

  Thus, market watchers and revelers alike may have to wait until Christmases future to see whether the rivalry between McDonald’s and Kentucky erupts into a full-fledged holiday hoedown.

  SOURCE: CNNGo

   

• kinwashi

  24 Dec 11, 20:16

  http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/eat/mcdonalds-vs-kfc-japan-christmas-meals-591494

   

  

• kinwashi

  24 Dec 11, 20:17

  

• kinwashi

  24 Dec 11, 20:22

  MERI KURISUMASU....http://youtu.be/f8O0BwUlPpg

• kinwashi

  24 Dec 11, 20:33

  

• kinwashi

  25 Dec 11, 19:41

  Christmas is a really big deal in Japan

  Christmas lights line the streets of Tokyo, and crowds head toward the stores to buy gifts from staff wearing Christmas hats and Santa Claus outfits. It's hard to believe you're in Japan. They give gifts, eat roast chicken and a special Christmas cake (which is a glorified strawberry shortcake with icing), round sponge cakes, and whipped cream and juicy strawberries to celebrate, even though Dec. 25 is not a national holiday. Some go to special dinner shows, fancy restaurants or hotels. Many spend their money on Christmas trees and decorate their homes with evergreens and other seasonal decorations. The holiday is getting bigger every year, but it is mainly commercial because only about one percent of the Japanese are Christians. According to a survey by Japan-guide.com, about 54 percent of Japanese say Christmas is special to them, especially women and teenagers.

   

   

  (majirox news, Dec 25)

  Link: http://www.majiroxnews.com/2011/12/24/christmas-is-a-really-big-deal-in-japan/

• kinwashi

  25 Dec 11, 19:43

  Christmas is a really big deal in Japan

  12/24/2011

  By majiroxnews

  TOKYO (majirox news) — Christmas lights line the streets of Tokyo, and crowds head toward the stores to buy gifts from staff wearing Christmas hats and Santa Claus outfits. It’s hard to believe you’re in Japan.

  They give gifts, eat roast chicken and a special Christmas cake (which is a glorified strawberry shortcake with icing), round sponge cakes, and whipped cream and juicy strawberries to celebrate, even though Dec. 25 is not a national holiday. Some go to special dinner shows, fancy restaurants or hotels.

  Many spend their money on Christmas trees and decorate their homes with evergreens and other seasonal decorations.

  The holiday is getting bigger every year, but it is mainly commercial because only about one percent of the Japanese are Christians. According to a survey by Japan-guide.com, about 54 percent of Japanese say Christmas is special to them, especially women and teenagers.

  The Japanese have adopted other Western traditions, including Halloween and Valentine’s Day.

  Christmas first came to the country with the first Europeans in the 16th century, and only became popular in recent decades, as people from all over the world have come to Japan.

  

  Christmas in Tokyo by Hide

  
  

  

  Christmas in Tokyo by Hide

  
  

  

  Christmas at Tokyo by Hide

  
  

  

  Roppongi Hills in Tokyo Photo: David Powell

  
  

  

  Roppongi Hills at Christmas Photo: David Powell

  
  

  

  KFC at Tokyo Photo: David Powell

  
  

  

  KFC at Tokyo Photo: David Powell

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• kinwashi

  25 Dec 11, 20:20

  This is Tokyo.

   

  http://youtu.be/kCc6WLQmZ9c

• kinwashi

  25 Dec 11, 20:26

  This is Japan Christmas eve.

   

  http://youtu.be/DclIyNgCYJo

  http://youtu.be/Xhg4V2-fMQQ

• kinwashi

  25 Dec 11, 20:32

  Latest invention form Japan...LED.

   

  鼻ホタル(hana hotaru)

  http://youtu.be/6_vMlSlhVdo

• kinwashi

  26 Dec 11, 20:29

  Need to see this.

  Christmas in Japan, something special.

  this year.

  Mother...Nature.

   

  http://youtu.be/bkmqEPAM3cM

   

• kinwashi

  26 Dec 11, 20:34

   

  
  Monday, Dec. 26, 2011

  
  

  Miracle pine takes Christmas shine

  Kyodo

  RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Pref. — The "miracle pine" that survived the monster quake and tsunami on March 11 was decorated and illuminated on a snowy Saturday evening as volunteers and residents tried to bring some Christmas cheer to the disaster-stricken area.

   

  Symbol of hope: A pine tree that survived the March 11 quake and tsunami is illuminated with searchlights on Christmas Eve in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. KYODO

   

  The tree is the sole survivor of a group of 70,000 pines that stood on the coastline of Rikuzentakata before the tsunami. The tree's survival in the face of devastation turned it into a symbol of hope.

  "This is beautiful. I hope Rikuzentakata will shine as this pine is," said a 50-year-old housewife now living in temporary housing.

  Live video of the event was broadcast on the Internet .

  Unfortunately, the roots of the tree have been killed off by seawater, and a project is under way to foster seedlings descended from the pine through grafting.

  
  
  

• kinwashi

  26 Dec 11, 20:36

  This pine tree...more.

   

  http://youtu.be/PQnE_3XG72w

• kinwashi

  26 Dec 11, 20:38

  Another report on this pine tree.

   

  http://youtu.be/sUDzttdqk1M

• kinwashi

  26 Dec 11, 20:44

  What.... you  heard one story...yo.

  this is the actual story...lah.

   

  http://youtu.be/49UUShMidMg

• kinwashi

  26 Dec 11, 20:53

  More on Japan today.

   

  http://youtu.be/VUGwoDTwHOw

• kinwashi

  26 Dec 11, 20:55

  One more here. Today.

   

  http://youtu.be/4ToyX88u9hE

• kinwashi

  27 Dec 11, 09:08

  What wrong with our subway trains again. (breakdown).

  See ...lah in Japan, nothing happen...as like here.

   

  http://youtu.be/b0A9-oUoMug

• kinwashi

  27 Dec 11, 09:23

  Dun know why? happened so frequent, not one but many of all makes.

   

  http://youtu.be/dcRdjMaQfdo

• kinwashi

  27 Dec 11, 09:28

  weapon from the TP.

   25 December, 2011

  60 cars caught speeding in 60 minutes

  [02:31]

  Yio Chu Kang road is proving to be a hot spot for speeding. Within an one hour period, more than 60 cars were caught speeding by a TP speed camera. We find out why Yio ChuKang road is prone to such driving practices. 

   

   

   

   

  http://www.razor.tv/site/servlet/segment/main/news/71570.html

• kinwashi

  27 Dec 11, 10:58

  Heavy snow ...

  Heavy snow stops bullet trains

  http://youtu.be/ETkF3AzwElc

   

   

• kinwashi

  27 Dec 11, 22:27

  There is a reason, we can accept.

   

  http://youtu.be/h9wuAuCibqo

   

  But not here.