The Japanese on Chocolates

Posted February 13th, 2008 in design

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Chocolate shoes and record from the 2007 Japanese Chocolate exposition

Some marketing genius ‘japanized’ Valentine’s Day into a day when, get this, the women buy los hombres chocolates! I guess this resulted in a mammoth rise in chocolate sales in Japan and subsequently prompted a new series of chocolates. Man chocolates. Meow.

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Like wrenches! Classic.

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Deer droppings! (Mercy, look at that deer cackle! I’d shit myself too.)

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Chocolate Beetle Larvae.

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And, finally, the ever popular Lady Bird chocolates in fuschia and lime green.

Some of you may have read my small, jealous ode to Switzerland yesterday. I don’t think it’s too early to speculate that Japan will be the next up against the wall. And, yes, Chile I have my eye on you too - Ya te veo, Chile. Ya te veo.

images via PingMag.

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