All Nippon Airways (ANA) have just started serving draft beer on their domestic flights (mainly flights to and from mainlaind Japan to Okinawa, but also Sapporo and Fukuoka). They are the first airline in the world to do this as normal draft beer is normally served using compressed gas which is obviously very dangerous to [...]
The Daily Yomiuri newspaper reported yesterday that Asahi Breweries Ltd. has taken back the top spot in the beer market in Japan after two years in second place to Kirin. Asahi was top in the first half of 2010 with 37.1% of sales followed by Kirin with 36.4%, Suntory 13.4%, Sapporo 12.3% and bravely bringing [...]
With the on-coming onslaught of the unbearably humid Japanese summer Beer manufacturers in Japan are finding ways to maximise their sales, and big supermarket chain Aeon recently launched a ￥88 ($1) daisan (beer-like drink) onto the market. Tax on alcohol is (compared to say the UK) very cheap, with whiskeys and other spirits in off-licenses [...]
It’s quite common in Japan to get small free gifts attached to drinks, etc in the convenience stores. Models of cars with coffee, world cup badges with Coke, anime figures (Lupins a favourite) with just about anything. The other day I spotted this, free with 2 or 4 packs of Suntory The Premium Malts… It’s [...]
