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Sometimes Things Move Slowly in Japan | Nihon Sun — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:00:43 +0000

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By: kyklops

kyklops — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:32:23 +0000

Tim Hortons rules!!

By: Durf

Durf — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 05:04:47 +0000

Hey, if I had to wait 90 minutes for a donut I’d be angry too. That truck chose a good location to deliver its rants.

By: Hasan

Hasan — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:18:44 +0000

I heard that Krispy Kreme just opened up a branch in Jakarta and people reacted in the same way as they did in Tokyo.

I guess it’s all in the image marketing; how else could anyone explain McDonald’s and Starbucks?

By: Steve-kun

Steve-kun — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:32:56 +0000

This is a joke. My JP wife lived in the US for 7 years, and is quite familiar with the taste of Krispy Kreme donuts. She thinks that Mister Donut is several times more superior than this outfit, and gives them 6 months to a year in JP because the rest of the JP public will quickly figure this out too.

By: Ken Y-N

Ken Y-N — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:37:58 +0000

The guy with the mask in the first photo has a toy poodle, I think. I’m sure the dog loved sitting around in the cold for an hour.

Never had a Krisy Kreme, but I’m a Mis-Do fan. I’ll go once if they open in Osaka, just to see what the fuss is, though.

Mis-Do could do with going all non-smoking (is KK non-smoking?) all the time, and they could lose the American Oldies radio station, then they’d be perfect.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:59:45 +0000

I've had Mister Donut and I've had Krispy Kreme's. But LaMar's Donuts are the best in the world if you want a super good doughnut. LaMar's Limited locations though, so most people are out of luck, poor Japan.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:08:48 +0000

GET ANGRY JAPANESE PEOPLE!!!! the right-wingers say. Yeah!

I wish I could have seen that line though! Great scoop!

By: Darin

Darin — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:08:34 +0000

I went buy today and also saw the line for the line. I asked the ‘guard man’ at the end of the line holding the ‘end of the line sign’ about how long the wait was, and he estimated over an hour and a half. I’ve never eaten a krispy kreme donut before, and I don’t think I will be for a while. I don’t think I’m missing out on much though.

By: Hasan

Hasan — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:51:13 +0000

This is a hilarious post! I was actually on my way to Kinokuniya Bookstore that VERY same day (at around 1.30pm) to buy a few novels when I saw this LONG line of people waiting to get into Krispy Kreme. I stopped, looked at them, laughed out loud, and walked on.

Heheheehh… Funny.

By: Japan » Blog Archive » Tokyo Krispy Kreme Field Report

Japan » Blog Archive » Tokyo Krispy Kreme Field Report — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:29:15 +0000

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