Japan is not anything if not full of choices on pretty much anything and everything. This manifests itself not just in things like cars and electronics with many Japan-only, a.k.a. "domestic", models but even in things like types of bottles/cans available from vending machines. This is one of the prime examples I think. I personally like the "normal" sized can which is also a bottle (basically a short, fat, metallic bottle) but this one has about double the amount of coke - well, a full half a liter of it. I have seen beer cans which I think were comparable size before in the US and in Cyprus but never coke... Well, as they say - it's good to have choices. The label is another example of "interesting English". I don't think I have ever seen Coke being marketed as "uplifting" before; it must be the sugar and caffeine ;)
Friday, May 23, 2008
Half a liter... coke can...
Japan is not anything if not full of choices on pretty much anything and everything. This manifests itself not just in things like cars and electronics with many Japan-only, a.k.a. "domestic", models but even in things like types of bottles/cans available from vending machines. This is one of the prime examples I think. I personally like the "normal" sized can which is also a bottle (basically a short, fat, metallic bottle) but this one has about double the amount of coke - well, a full half a liter of it. I have seen beer cans which I think were comparable size before in the US and in Cyprus but never coke... Well, as they say - it's good to have choices. The label is another example of "interesting English". I don't think I have ever seen Coke being marketed as "uplifting" before; it must be the sugar and caffeine ;)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
hmm uplifting... does Japan have those energy booster drinks that can keep you awake for a few hours despite not having slept the previous night? I don't think I've ever seen any in Japan or Japanese stores but I don't think I can recognize the kanji on them either.
I am pretty sure there are energy drinks but coffee is huge here with a whole lot of different brands and vending machines serving the coffee hot. Talking about drinks - I so should make a post about Pocari Sweat...
Post a Comment