Following the annual tradition, these are my favorite photos of this year. I used the iPhone 4 camera, a compact Canon S90, a Hasselblad 500C/M, a Nikon D90, a Polaroid ONE600 and a Kenko KF-2N.
Nestlé Japan usually releases different Kit Kat varieties depending on the year season. My favorite one is the green tea Kit Kat.
Another marketing strategy is to sell certain varieties of Kit Kat only in some provinces. This way when people travel around Japan, they notice the specific varieties of the regions and even buy them as a present-souvenir for friends back home. This is the map of the different kinds of Kit Kat around Japan:
The most desired Kit Kat version in Japan (according to this poll) is the “yubari melon” flavor one.
The Yubari Melon (夕張メロン) Kit Kat is at the same time on of the most difficult varieties to get.
This one is a purple sweet potato (紅いも) variety that can only be found in Okinawa and Kyushu.
It looks like this other hamburger vending machine but it is a lot more “manual” and has several use modes. It’s something that can’t be explained, you have to watch the video:
Other posts about vending machines in Japan:
