I blogged before about the recent release of Chcolate Beers in Japan for Valentines Day and in, I guess, true Japanese style my wife bought me some more for this years Valentines.
There’s the Imperial Stout from Minoh Brewery, which actually has a pink heart on the label and “St. Valentines Day” on the label, as [...]
Well, it appears the merger talks between Kirin Holdings and Suntory Holdings have broken down.
What could have been one of the biggest drinks company in the world “Kirin Suntory” has come to nothing.
Basically it seems the Suntory family who own 90% of the Suntory shares were demanding a larger portion of the new share allotment, [...]
Prompted by the large number of injuries due to fights in pubs and bars in England (some 87,000 alcohol related glass attacks a year!), the shatterproof pint glass has been unveiled this week in Britain.
There are two types, one designed not to break at all (it has a protective coating on the inside) and the [...]
They have this thing they do in Japan after New Years, called Lucky Bags.
Basically, shops, etc make up bags full of stuff which they sell for anything from ￥1000-￥100,000 or more. I read somewhere that this year one firm was selling 2 bags for over a millions that included a robot that they would build [...]
I found these in a folder on my computer the other day, can’t remember where I found them, somewhere on the old internet…
I love the style of them.
