Comrade Sam
Comrade Sam
That's just fecking weird.
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[Football] How big is Mitoma back in Japan
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That's just fecking weird.
The girl next to Mitoma in Puma Japan ad is Haruna Kawaguchi, 28 years old. The video below was filmed 14 years ago (2009), when she was 14 years old (it was a tv ad for a Japanese sports beverage). Hmm,14 years ago, hmm, it made me feel I've got old and time flies! (and Mitoma was only 11 or 12 years ago when the ad was on tv)
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Baldseagull
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I don't think a drink called Pocari Sweat would do so well in the UK.
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Have you never had the sweat of a pocari? Tastes like chicken. I use it in my casseroles.
It was often said so, I mean, many people kept saying that the name wouldn't sound good to English speaking people
. The drink was already well known in Japan 40 years ago (it was before I was born, though), so, it was when globalization didn't reach Japan yet. Hence, the company gave the strange name to their drink. The drink got "too famous" for the company to rename it
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Klaas
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You forgot to mention that it's also white!Another similar example is Calpis.
It's a Japanese popular drink. It was first made in 1919, more than 100 years ago. If Japanese people pronounce Calpis, it sounds like "Cow Piss"
Gazwag
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It's also white? You mean, cow piss (cow urinate) is white?. I didn't know that!. Yes, Calpis (the Japanese drink) is white, though.
About Calpis (Wikipedia in English) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpis
It seems the Japanese drink (Calpis) is called Calpico in English speaking countries. Yeah, the original name (Japanese name) is not good for English speaking markets
Sorry, this thread is getting like Cow Piss thread. I should post some new videos that show Mitoma is big in Japan.
Another Puma Japan video
Japanese beer ad (Sapporo beer)
Hugo Boss Japan
Pen magazine interview
There are many mores, but I'll stop here.
Another Puma Japan video
Japanese beer ad (Sapporo beer)
Hugo Boss Japan
Pen magazine interview
There are many mores, but I'll stop here.
RandyWanger
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You can buy it over here
Kalimantan Gull
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Pretty ubiquitous in Indonesia. It's fairly gross-tasting but does the job when you're dehydrated. Once when I was half-dying of dengue fever Pocari Sweat saved my life
swindonseagull
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I’ve seen it I’m our local Asian supermarket
swindonseagull
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With Mitomas popularity in Japan we need to keep hold of him for a few years..
I can see PB rubbing his hands together listening to the tills chiming at the Amex
I can see PB rubbing his hands together listening to the tills chiming at the Amex
Klaas
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No, I just meant the drink is white, which makes the name even funnier.It's also white? You mean, cow piss (cow urinate) is white?. I didn't know that!. Yes, Calpis (the Japanese drink) is white, though.
About Calpis (Wikipedia in English) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calpis
It seems the Japanese drink (Calpis) is called Calpico in English speaking countries. Yeah, the original name (Japanese name) is not good for English speaking markets