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Could Tokyo’s New KitKat Store Kickstart Japanese Tourism"



KitKat flavor map of Japan
 
KitKat now has their own flagship store in Tokyo.  The KitKat “Chocolatory” as it is called, is the first and only store of its kind. It is located in the Seibu department store in Ikebukuro. Ikebukuru may not be as recognizable or as well known to people outside of Japan, but it is host to the second busiest train station in the entire world. So it would seem like a good place to sell anything. The store sells three exclusive KitKat flavors; Sublime Bitter, Special Sakura Green Tea and Special Chilli.
The KitKat ?Chocolatory? as it is called, is the first and only store of its kind. It is located in Tokyo Japan.
“Special Chilli” one of the three exclusive flavors available at the new KitKat store in Tokyo Japan.  
I got a box that contained different flavored KitKats as a gift. It has a map that shows the geographic origins of each unique KitKat flavor. (The picture at the top is a photo of the open box.) It makes for a very cool gift.  Mike Fahey of Kotaku does a great review of the different flavors so I won’t go into them here. I am more fascinated in the idea of this as a promotional tool for Japanese culture.
KitKat Flavors from different regions of Japan.
I wonder if it is only a matter of time before we see a KitKat bus tour of Japan. I imagine a big red tour bus picking up passengers at Ikebukuro. On the bus everyone is given a map similar to the one from the gift set above.
After we...
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