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I'll add to this post by saying that I live in Japan so, if you can't find the flavour you want, I am happy to buy it and send it to anyone. Obviously, I'd expe

I'll add to this post by saying that I live in Japan so, if you can't find the flavour you want, I am happy to buy it and send it to anyone. Obviously, I'd expect the person to cover the cost. I imagine it would be same/cheaper than buying on Amazon though. Amazon Japan Kit Kat search: http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%E3%82%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%88&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%E3%82%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%82%AB%E3%83%83%E3%83%88 http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82...

lovemenot 13y ago
I work with some Nestle folks in Japan. One of them told me that they have 200 kitkat varieties nationwide. The idea is to align to local taste and pride in the "meibutsu" of each region. (e.g. pickled plum in Nagasaki). Nobody else does this, to my knowledge. The kit-kats are imported though as there is no local production. This marketing has been successful. KitKat is the #1 chocolate bar in Japan. Anecdotally, I was told that many consumers believe Nestle is a Japanese company.
- scardine 13y ago
  From the accent I guess Japanese language don't has the L phoneme, so any brand with an L in the name would look foreign.
  - thaumasiotes 13y ago
    Japanese has just the one liquid phoneme; in terms of english they don't distinguish L from R. It's traditionally romanized with an 'r', but it can be pronounced as an L. All that seems a little beside the point, though; they have their own (terrible) writing system. I'd kind of expect any brand using roman letters to look foreign.
GFischer 13y ago
There's one company called Candy Japan that sends stuff to suscribers :) they were discussed here recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7190912 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7190912 http://www.candyjapan.com/2013-year-in-review http://www.candyjapan.com/2013-year-in-review

lovemenot 13y ago

I work with some Nestle folks in Japan. One of them told me that they have 200 kitkat varieties nationwide. The idea is to align to local taste and pride in the "meibutsu" of each region. (e.g. pickled plum in Nagasaki). Nobody else does this, to my knowledge. The kit-kats are imported though as there is no local production. This marketing has been successful. KitKat is the #1 chocolate bar in Japan. Anecdotally, I was told that many consumers believe Nestle is a Japanese company.

scardine 13y ago
From the accent I guess Japanese language don't has the L phoneme, so any brand with an L in the name would look foreign.
- thaumasiotes 13y ago
  Japanese has just the one liquid phoneme; in terms of english they don't distinguish L from R. It's traditionally romanized with an 'r', but it can be pronounced as an L. All that seems a little beside the point, though; they have their own (terrible) writing system. I'd kind of expect any brand using roman letters to look foreign.

GFischer 13y ago

There's one company called Candy Japan that sends stuff to suscribers :) they were discussed here recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7190912 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7190912 http://www.candyjapan.com/2013-year-in-review http://www.candyjapan.com/2013-year-in-review