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KFC Japan expanded the promotion nationwide in 1974 with its long running "Kentucky for Christmas" (Japanese: クリスマスはケンタッキー) or "Kentucky Christmas" (Japanese: ケンタッキークリスマス) advertising campaign. [4] Eating KFC food as a Christmas time meal has since become a widely practiced custom in Japan.
The KFC tradition dates back to 1970, when the first KFC opened in Japan, a KFC Japan spokesperson told BBC in 2016. The manager of that first restaurant, Takeshi Okawara, supposedly heard a few ...
It started in the early 1970s, when KFC was still new in Japan. It began marketing chicken as the country's Christmas meat with the catchphrase “Christmas is Kentucky.”
The Japanese tradition of eating fried chicken on Christmas may be built on a lie. The man who helped make eating KFC at Christmas a Japanese tradition says the practice is built on a lie that he ...
Eating KFC at Christmas time has become a "Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner" in Japan. [71] [72] As of 2013, Japan is the third-largest market for KFC after China and the United States with 1,200 outlets. [73] In December 2007, Mitsubishi assumed majority control of KFC Japan in a JP¥ 14.83 billion transaction. [74]
An example of this is Japan, where a KFC takeaway meal is traditionally consumed. [4] Asia ... is the name of the traditional food board served at Christmas in ...
In Japan, it's tradition for people to enjoy a Kentucky fried Christmas. What started as a marketing campaign by KFC in the 1970s has evolved into a widely adopted tradition of eating a bucket of ...
According to Mashable, KFC rice originated from a 1974 marketing campaign that encouraged Japanese families to cook the dish at home. [4] A similar recipe using the same name was published by English-language Japanese culture website SoraNews24 in 2013, albeit using additional ingredients such as diced tomatoes and shimeji. [5]