Kitto Katsu

I saw this on the BBC tonight and just could not pass it up.
Japan snaps up ‘lucky’ Kit Kats

Also mentioned on Metropolis:

” The sale of lucky charms sky-rocketed as high school students prepared to sit their university entrance exams, with Kit Kat chocolate bars (kitto katsu meaning something like “it’s a sure thing I’m going to beat this game”) proving particularly popular, including a chocolate bar designed to recall the calm of matcha tea.”
Metropolis – Lucky charms

Posted: February 2nd, 2005
at 10:51pm by John

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  1. [...] Oh yeah, why are Kit Kat bars popular in Japan? It’s because the phrase "kitto Katsu" ("I hope you sucsseed!") sounds a lot like ‘Kit Kat"Trends in Japan – Tokyo Blog » Japan still Kit Kat krazy with the regionalized “Exotic Series” [...]

     

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