Tokyo Sale

I will be in Tokyo from May 10 to May 13th .During this time anybody who orders will receive a 5% discount off their order total.

Here is a picture of the new Tokyo Sky tree communications tower.It also has viewing levels and restaurants.
It is 634metres tall.

Have a great weekend :D

News Corner

Here are a few interesting articles I found on Japan, from around the web.

Quirky.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/asia/news/article.cfm?l_id=3&objectid=10803249  "Smart Budgie"

Technology.

http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/95860.php  Biometric palm reading ATM's.I
wonder if people can use hand prints or what are the security measures involved, I have seen
 some disturbing things in movies with eye scan security or thumb pad security.

Society.

http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/96231.php Parasite problem , it's not what you think!

Environment


http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/07/world/asia/japan-nuclear-energy-ends/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Japan has shut down the last online nuclear reactor..and I still have electricity! I think it really shows
that Japan had some over capacity with 49  nuclear reactors offline and still the country functioning.
There must have been a lot of back room deals and favours to get many of them built in the first place.
I really hope Japan puts more effort into finding alternate sources of power generation,though it will take time, effort and a lot of money to move away from nuclear energy.

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Look closely at this photo, above the draw handle on this kitchen cabinet. It says "Pain Village"

I think it was supposed to say "Pine" as the draws are wooden.

Bulk Chocolate

 A new month a new promotion.Today I will introduce you to a bulk chocolate deal
and our customer referral offer. Also if you scroll down past the promotions to the bottom of this
 posting ,I have introduced a News Corner in which I will share news articles on Japan.

Buy any 10 of the mentioned chocolate bars ; Meiji White , Himilk , Milk or Black and pay only $2 per bar.
That is a saving of 20% from their regular $2.50 price.(Prices are in New Zealand Dollars)
Offer is Valid from May the 2nd until May 6th 2012.

 Bring a friend Offer

Also if an existing customer introduce their friends to us " The Osaka Candy Store" will give 5% off to the new customer and 5% off the next order of the existing customer.

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News Corner

I would like to share this article I found on on CNNgo .as it refers to Osaka .It may be interesting for those who enjoy shopping. Many people who travel to Japan think that Tokyo is where it is at, but this article suggests otherwise.

http://www.cnngo.com/tokyo/life/forget-ginza-osaka-japans-real-class-retail-act-932871

I may be a bit biased after living in Osaka for the past 4 years, but I hope you enjoy the article :D 

A view of Namba Parks in Osaka.

Pine Candy パインアメ

No , not pine tree flavoured as the title suggests , but merely another example of Japanese abbreviating English.
Japanese love to abbreviate not just foreign words but also in their own language.
Today I would like to introduce to you another very famous candy.パインアメ  Pine brand Pine Ame (pineapple candy)

This is the flagship product of the "Pine" candy company. It has been produced for about 60 years.

As somebody who loves pineapple flavour I always find it frustrating and difficult to find good pineapple flavoured lollies (candy),so when I saw these in Japan I just has to try them.
It was addiction on first suck , I know yes I am a sucker(corny joke alert)..I much prefer to enjoy the flavour 
of hard lollies and suck them rather than bite them and get bits stuck in my teeth.
Anyway I really love the natural pineapple taste these have , it is tastes fruity as they use pineapple juice for flavouring so it is not sickeningly sweet, though everybody does have their preferences.

The candy itself is 1cm thick and has a circumference of 2.2cm.There are about 25-26 pieces of candy in one 126 gram family packet.

Recently , I would assume to the long running success  of the Pineapple candy they have released another flavour "Orange" Which i find equally enjoyable , though my personal preference for flavours of candy is Pineapple.

If you are interested in trying candy mentioned in this blog  it is available via my catalogue attached to this blog.I also give random samples with orders.


To finish off today's blog I thought I would share another amusing "Engrish" photo , which I took while shopping in the local mall.

Lunch Time Adventure

Today I thought I would go off topic and  share my dramatic lunch time experience from yesterday.
It was like watching action scenes unfold from Hollywood movies , before ones own eyes.

View from the cafe where I was having lunch.

Yesterday, I went to Lunch with my wife and in laws to a family restaurant called "Gusto" .
The meal started normally, we ordered, talked , waited  then food came and  we ate..but
so much for a peaceful lunch. Perhaps I will review the restaurant another time.

Outside the window of the cafe  a little van flipped on it's side after colliding with another car.
Then the Lady driver  from that  car got out charged over and commenced kicking in the windscreen of the flipped up van while yelling obscenities.She clearly was blaming the driver for the accident. We could see the driver still in the flipped up van standing up inside the van behind the relative safety of the windscreen.

Onlookers were not quite sure what to do , but we did see an eldery lady taken out of one car and other people trying to rescue the driver from the flipped up van while holding back the rather angry lady I mentioned previously.About 10 minutes after the crash the police , ambulances and fire brigade arrived.
 Ok so so far we have a crash with a flipped up car , and road rage plus heroic people rescuing crash victims...but wait there is still more.

 There was a unrelated fire 20 metres down the road. I assume from somebody flicking cigarette butts.
If you look at the first picture you may have noticed it was a bit hazy in the background..that later developed into full on flames..which I could not photograph.

Well that was my lunch yesterday ; Car crash  + road rage + rescue + unrelated fire.



 Stay tuned for 1st of May's blog.I will announce a bulk candy sale offer that is not to be missed.

"Orion Mini Cola "

A Traditional Japanese garden exterior wall.

Today I would like to introduce you to some more iconic and very popular, long time candy favourites in Japan. "Orion Mini Cola and Mini Sour (though the latter is not actually sour)

Mini cola candy was first released in November 1978  so it's long history is a testament to it's popularity.
There is a range of flavours in this series including Cola , Ramune (It is a bit like creaming soda mixed with lemonade , berry , peach , orange and a few others including an energy drink which I am yet to have tried.

 

These are the best cola flavoured candy I have tasted anywhere..Not too strong and not too sweet.I find them very addictive.

 

 The cute little mini size cans are 5cm tall and have a diameter of 1.8cm, contain 9grams of candy and weight 16grams including the can.

Here you can see inside the cans.They easily pop open with your finger .

If you are interested in trying other flavours do let me know and I will add them . All the products I review on my blog are available through me via my catalogue. The link is shown on the right side of this page.

Engrish 2

Yes,I know this is a blog about candy or is supposed to be , but today I want to go off topic with a couple of amusing photos I took while out and about in Japan.

So does anybody find this amusing? I was quite shocked to find this company using Humans to
drive their vehicles.

 Is your tooth clean?

Now just to round things off with something that is related to my Blogs title. If you order today (25 April) New Zealand time you will receive a $2.50 voucher to use in your next order.