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Kit Kat opens world’s first store in Tokyo

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Kit Kat Store Tokyo

Kit Kat has just opened it first store in Tokyo. From Jan 17th, anyone in the Tokyo area will now be able to visit the store to stock up on all the goodness that Kit Kat offers. Kit Kat is famous in Japan with many exciting flavours to choose from that can only be found in Japan. Check out our previous post about Kit Kat here: Kit kat and Japan. The new Kit Kat shop, called Kit Kat Chocolatory, is located in the Seibu department store located in Ikebukuro.

The Store

The store has some limited edition flavours that you will only be able to purchase there. Some of them are Sublime Bitter, Special Sakura Green Tea and Special Chilli. The store will the No. 1 place to find the new Kit Kat flavour when others become available on the market. According to It Media the store will aim certain flavours to adult tastebuds for the different seasons. Next time I’m in Tokyo I’m looking forward to visting the store. Check out this review from YouTuber Sharla in Japan from when she visited the store:

 Store information are as follow

1st floor Seibu department store 〒 171-8569 Tokyo Toshima-ku, 1-28-1 Minamiikebukuro
Underground station: Ikebukuro
Opning times: Mon-Sat 10:00 to 21:00, Sundays and holidays Holidays 10:00 to 20:00
Department store Seibu homepage http://www2.seibu.jp/usrinfo/index.html (in Japanese)
More information can be found in the news release from Nestle here: http://www.nestle.com/media/newsandfeatures/japan-kitkat-boutique

Photo credit: Nestle





Posted on January 19, 2014 by Paul in Food & snacks, Shopping 2 Comments

Kit Kat in Japan

Kit Kat and Japan

When Im in Japan I love visiting the confectionery shells in the convenience stores to see what I could find. Most of the candy I had never seen before. There are some that I know, like Pocky thats all over the world nowadays. But one of them that has a strong presents on the market is Kit Kat.

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Kit Kat in Europe

Kit kat in Europe is quite normal and boring really. Its normally just milk chocolate, but I have seen more flavours starting to come out onto the market, but noting as a great as the Japanese market is.

Kit Kat in Japan

Since Japan is a hard market to break into for a western company its nice when you do find a brand that you heard of before. But for Kit Kat its not just the normal milk chocolate that we are most used to. Instead, in Japan you find them in all diffrent flavours. Lots of them that I had never even seen or dreamed of. Quite often Kit Kat is sold in a sort of gift box pack where you get many small packs of the same flavor in. A box which can be great to take home as a gift for someone.

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Limited edition

Kit Kat is also often releasing limited edtion flavours. Here is a little list of flavours that are or have been available:

  • Rum & Raisin
  • Wasabi
  • Green tea
  • Strewberry cheese cake
  • Dark Soy Flour
  • Halloween Pumpkin Pudding and Cinnamon Cookie
  • Petite Bitter Chocolate
  • Vanilla Ice cream
  • Sweetness Raspberry
  • Yubari melon
  • Tea
  • Soy Sauce Limited
  • Shinshu Ringo Apple

 

Check out this link for more flavors and pictures:
http://stuffwecollect.com/kit-kats-from-japan-a-culinary-collecting-obsession

So, whats your favourite flavor of Kit Kat?





Posted on April 1, 2013 by Paul in Food & snacks, Shopping 1 Comment