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YumeTwins | #YTSPIRIT Winners Announced
#YTSPIRIT Winners Announced! Hello!!! We hope all is well with you. Do you know what time is it? It's #YTSPIRIT contest winner announcement o'clock! Based on entries that we received, we think you all had fun with the Spirited Away Origami set. Even one of you came up by creating Yoda from Star Wars with...
TokyoTreat | #TRICKORTOKYOTREAT Winners Announced
#TRICKORTOKYOTREAT winners announced! How was your Halloween, fam? We hope it was a blast especially with the cheeky Takoyaki Ramune. 😜 Let's get back to the topic. Today, we'd like to announce the #TRICKORTOKYOTREAT photo contest that we announced last month. Previously, we asked y'all to decorate the TokyoTreat box as a prop for your...
Japanese Kit Kat competition worldwide: What flavor won?!
Some of you might have heard of, or even voted for your favorite Kit Kat flavor for the worldwide 'New Flavour World Summit Campaign' which was announced in April by Nestle Japan in order to celebrate the 45th year anniversary of Japanese operations. Kit Kat is known for their crazy, interesting and delicious flavors which...
Fukubukuro Madness: New year’s Sales in Japan!
Have you ever heard of fukubukuro (福袋)? Fuku (福) means luck and bukuro *袋) means bag, so the literal translation is lucky bag! These Lucky bags are sold at the beginning of the new year during the hatsu uri (初売り): first sales. Inside the fukuburo are several goodies from the store or brand which are...
Basic Japanese quiz: answers & explanation
Did you already take the quiz: How well do you know basic Japanese? If you haven't then you should! In this post we will discuss the correct answers and explain grammar and more! How well did you do? Let us know in the comments below! Question 1: You're in Tokyo on your way to work....