Comments on: Have a Spring Break, Have a Kit Kat.

By: Jon Allen

Jon Allen — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:32:22 +0000

What a sweet video.
I like the way the “Have a break, Have a Kit-Kat”
is ‘almost’ in English at the end.

Kit-Kat do go in for the unusual flavours here.
I must try and find this one.

By: Tim Maughan

Tim Maughan — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:31:18 +0000

I had a Muscat of Alexandria flavoured Kit Kat when I was in Tokyo in November. It was….strange. Can’t say I enjoyed it much. The chocolate was green though – looked great!

By: yonghow

yonghow — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:42:20 +0000

GGear0323 – Haha, quite right.

Jason – Thank you so much for the enlightening post ! Perhaps the reason why telegrams are only in katakana because its simpler to code ?

By: jho

jho — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:40:11 +0000

My wife was teaching me the deeper meaning of the Sakura KitKat:

As shown in the TVC that Vong posted, the Sakura KitKat was designed for students going for their entrance exams.
In the past, when there were no telephones in Japan, a popular way of notifying their parents of the result of their exams was by telegrams.

When they qualify for the school that they were applying for, instead of “ゴウカクシマシタ”(I’ve qualified). They would write “サクラサク”(Sakura blossoms).

When they fail, it would be “サクラチル”(Sakura withers).
Fun fact: Telegrams are only transmitted in katakana.

By: GGear0323

GGear0323 — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:48:59 +0000

i think they mean the commercial, but you cant blame them either way.