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Japan has over 400 Kit Kat flavors. They're not random. They're a map of the country's climate zones, agriculture, and culture.

In this video, I trace the entire Kit Kat map of Japan, top to bottom, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Every flavor reveals something about Japanese geography: why wasabi only grows in Shizuoka's mountain streams, how the Japanese Alps create perfect apple-growing microclimates, and why a phonetic coincidence turned a candy bar into a good luck charm in Japan.

Out of the 400+ Kit-Kat flavors, only a handful are "permanent", the rest are either regional like the focus of the video, seasonal (like Chestnut Flavor in Fall), or rotated for special events. Some of flavors may have been discontinued, but online shopping does make easier to find some of Kit-Kat flavors, if you can't travel to Japan.

NOTE - Correction-Kyushu regional flavors do not include a NORMAL sweet potato KitKat. Both Kyushu and Okinawa are know for Beni Imo. The Akita prefecture may be referenced as inspiration for the normal sweet potato flavor, but nothing official.

Chapter:
0:00 - Japan's Kit Kats Are Actually a Map
0:34 - What is Omiyage?
2:49 - Hokkaido: Snowy Flavors
5:02 - Japanese Alps Flavors
7:08 - Why Wasabi Only Grows in Shizuoka
9:33 - Tokyo: Urban KitKat Flavors
11:58 - Kyoto's Tea Flavors
14:54 - The Overlooked Middle Still Gets KitKats
17:24 - Kyushu & "Kitto Katsu"
20:30 - Okinawa's Tropical Flavor
22:45 - What the Map Really Means

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This video is not sponsored by Nestle or Kit-Kats in any way.


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Lots of image sources on this one! :
Yubari Melon
kobakou, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Greenhouses hokkaido
我路・幌内画像倉庫, CC BY-SA 3.0

Omiyage at store in Nagoya Station
By ScribblingGeek - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,

Momiji manju omiyage
By midorisyu, CC BY 2.0

$1000 dollar Manjyu with gold leaves
Jesper Rautell Balle, CC BY-SA 3.0

日本語: かみさん、ここみてないよね。 一つ、秘密でお願いします。
Nori Norisa, CC BY 2.0

Japan Gift Shop
Antti T. Nissinen, CC BY 2.0

wasabi
Leiden University Library, CC BY 4.0

TOYKO BANANA STAND
Michael Ocampo from United States, CC BY 2.0

DAIO Wasabi Farm
t-mizo, FLICKR

Ever Famous Japanese Kitkats
Luke Standridge, via FLICKR

Nagona Kitkats & Special Fuji Kitkats!
Meredith P., via FLICKR

Custard Pudding Kitkat & Juujitsu Yasai flavoured KitKat & Wasabi Flavor
David Pursehouse, via FLICKR

Yubari Melon Kitkat & Rum Raisin Flavor
Amy Ross, via FLICKR

Tokyo Banana Kitkat
MisAdventure of Maja, via FLICKR

Hokkaido Melon Kit Kats & Okinawan Sweet Potato Kitkat
Nelo Hotsuma, via FLICKR

Tokyo Train kitkat
choo chin nian, via FLICKR

Wasanbon
岡田製糖所, CC BY-SA 4.0

“Kitkat” by ortolina, Public Domain Mark

Kitkat Train
By Asacyan - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

Japan mailbox
Tokumeigakarinoaoshima, CC BY-SA 4.0

Kitkat notes with keys
Nori Norisa, CC BY 2.0

名曲喫茶麦
Eugene Ormandy, CC BY-SA 4.0

KITKAT Chocolatery
Arnie Papp & kschmidt073, via FLICKR

“Candy Shopping”
Amy Jane Mitchell, CC BY-ND 2.0

KitKat Uji Match & Zunda Kitkat Flavor
Bodo, via FLICKR

Crazy about KitKat
tofuprod, via FLICKR

Kitkat chocolatory
Antonio Tajuelo from Tokio, Japón, CC BY 2.0

Snacks in Japanese Convenience Store” by Martin Lewison, CC BY-SA 2.0

Hidetoshi Nakata at Matsuda tribute match
norio nakayama, CC BY-SA 2.0

Many photos taken form Open Food Facts CC images:
Attribution to: kiliweb, macrofactor, foodless, tacite, bubblejunk



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