Trick Or Treat?

 Has anyone ever given or received KitKats as a treat on Halloween? In Japan, there are numerous flavours to choose from, but the latest flavour, キットカット　オトナの甘さ (otona no amasa) is purely sweets for Adults. If you don't believe me, go to Breaktown and click around.

It's a bit to sweet for me and though it does contain some alcohol (0.06%), it'd take a lot of these get yourself drunk.

Even the ad looks like a soap opera:

 

I cannot even fathom what this video is about (and I don't have time to watch all 19 minutes of it), some Italian taxi driver follows a couple around?



I picked up a magazine that has 42 pages of KitKat Kraziness! It even comes with a case. (Which turns out to be just a cheap piece of plastic.)

 Within its pages are several recipes from crepes, croissants, shakes, pancakes, etc, etc, etc...

I'm no patissier yet in my opinion, using a KitKat in any of the above is cheating a little (though those cookies do look good.)

First Kitkat store in Ikebukuro, Japan.

KitKats from around the Kountry:

A KitKat TrainKar.

And hipsters...

If you aren't sick of reading about KitKat yet, here are a few videos.

Splactor 



Aussie ads









That's it for today, I'll double up on the Countdown tomorrow.

Monkey Business.

I presided over a wedding today and for a change I made no mistakes. Consequently I was in a pretty good mood and decided to wander downtown. Nothing like a sunny day to waste away in the UFO Catcher facilities. First win of the day was this lovely Toy Story Clock. It wasn't until I got it home that I realized it's the Alien...my favourite! (Kind of ironic to win it in a Crane game, don't you think?)

Much to my surprise, I came across a monkey and his owner. I stayed for the first two acts, neither of which were stupendous and gave up my space in the crowd for other onlookers. Much to my chagrin, I learned later that he/she/it performed several tricks that I missed out on.

Took me 8 or 9 tries but I finally landed this Rilakkuma Toilet Seat Cover and Mat. It'll make a nice house-warming gift but I think I may just keep it.

Not much else there so I head towards home and made one more stop but not before seeing this cardboard beetle. So cool! For the first time in Japan, I have seen some Swiss Chard! I'll boil that up for lunch tomorrow and add vinegar, just like mom used to.

At my final UFO Catch-stop, I continued my Rilakkuma splurge and won a nice pan. Not sure how to cook upon it, but I'll give it a try. I also landed a Kumamon mug and a few bear-heads, a blue Gloomy, a Catbus and a Gromit with a suckling lamb!

To make my day even better, my pet cricket is back! I think I'll use it for target practice.

What will the next three days of Golden Week hold? Stay tuned...