Following the success of the ‘Xtreme Pizza Delivery Service’ campaign last year, Nissan has once again joined forces with PIZZA-LA, Japan’s largest pizza chain, to re-launch the service, this time catering to winter sports fans. The ‘Xtreme Pizza Delivery Service’ ran for the first two weeks of February. Delivering to remote locations in the snowy […]
This November, Nissan X-TRAIL introduced the world’s first ever ‘Xtreme’ Pizza Delivery Service, offering Japanese extreme outdoor sports enthusiasts a completely revolutionary automotive and culinary experience. Whether customers were rock-climbing at 12,000 feet, whitewater rafting, or even mountain biking at breakneck speed, the rugged Nissan X-TRAIL provided them with hot, delicious pizza – no location […]
It seems like McDonald’s Japan is jumping on the “black burger” bandwagon, weeks after Burger King Japan unveiled its limited edition black cheese burgers. To ring in next month’s Halloween celebrations, McDonald’s Japan has released an “ikasumi burger”, or “squid ink burger”. The “ikasumi burger” comprises of squid ink buns, two meat patties, a slice […]
Burger King Japan has announced its latest addition to the menu—a beef burger with black buns, cheese and sauce. The black buns and cheese of the burger are actually made with bamboo charcoal and the sauce is mixed with squid ink to create the color. There are two types of black burgers, the ‘Black Pearl’ […]
The Japanese are known for their quirky products, and a restaurant in Tokyo, Zenyaren, has come up with a bizarre dish—meat skewers frozen in blocks of gelatin collagen. Diners have to lick the frozen collagen to get at the meat—this dish is served as the Japanese believe that eating collagen will reverse the effects of […]
Train travellers in northern Japan can use KitKat as train tickets as part of a pioneering scheme to rejuvenate tourism in a part of the country devastated by the earthquake and tsunami three years ago. It is the first time a Japanese rail company has allowed chocolate bar packaging to be used as a valid […]
Japanese company Otsuka Pharmaceutical plans to place a capsule in the shape of one of its soft drinks cans on the surface of the moon next year. Otsuka claims it will transport a capsule that looks like a can of its Pocari Sweat drink, 200,000 miles to the surface of the moon. The mission will […]
Häagen-Dazs has unveiled two new ice cream flavors in Japan that are both dessert and vegetable. Available from 12 May, they are part of the brand’s ‘Spoon Vege’ series. They are available in ‘Tomato Cherry’ and ‘Carrot Orange’ flavors. According to RocketNews24, the ‘Tomato Cherry’ flavor combines the “natural sweetness of tomato with the fruity […]
The liquor company Suntory has collaborated with the Japanese ad agency TBWA\Hakuhodo to come up with these detailed ice cube figurines that will make your drinks look like works of art. These ice cubes were made using a 3D mill, and were drilled to look like the Statue of Liberty, an astronaut, and Michaelangelo’s David. […]
Japanese beer company Kirin has created a charmingly whimsical ad to promote its new ‘Salt and Fruit’ soda. Created as part of its ‘Sekai no Kitchen Kara’ series which translates to ‘From the Kitchens of the World’, the drink in this spot is apparently inspired by the flavors of Thailand. The ad features an adorable […]