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I WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATING THIS KIT KAT PAGE WITH NEW PHOTOS. PLEASE CHECK THE LINK ABOVE INSTEAD! (8th September 2009)
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Before my first trip to Japan, a friend said to me, “they make wine flavoured Kit Kats in Japan – please find one for me!”. I thought he was having me on, perhaps, as all I could find were green-tea flavoured Kit Kats. On my second trip, I looked again. This time I found ’sakura’ (cherry blossom) Kit Kats (actually, peach flavoured). Still no wine flavour.
For some reason, Japan has the best, and most varied, flavours of Kit Kats I have ever known. Since I’ve been here, I’ve become quite fascinated by this phenomenon, and I’m not alone! As I search the Internet, I can find many other people like me, on the quest for the new flavour. I only wish I had started photographing them earlier!
This site: http://www.breaktown.com/ (in Japanese) seems to list new flavours as they are coming out. The hunt is on…
For now, I will continue to upload pictures of flavours, as and when I find them (most recent at the top):
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Ito en (fruit and vegetable juice)
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すっぱい オレンジ (Sour Orange)
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Yokohama ストロベリー チーズケーキ (Strawberry Cheesecake)
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梅ソーダ (Ume Soda – Plum Soda)
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マンゴープリン (Mango Pudding)
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Yuzukoshou (柚子こしょう) from Fukuoka (Yuzu and pepper)
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スポーツドリンク (Sports Drink)
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ラムネ (Ramune)
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Kinako (きなこ) Little
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Lemon Vinegar
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Apple Vinegar
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Koshinchiku Gentei Kyohou (巨峰)
(Limited Edition Yamanashi Grape)
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Shinshu Gentei Shinshu Ringo (信州りんご)
(Limited Edition Nagano Apple)
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Uji Matcha (宇治抹茶)
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Nangoku Mango (南国マンゴー), from Okinawa
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Kit Kat truck spotted in Kurokawa, Nagoya, on 6th May 2009!
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Cherry (サクランボ) Kit Kat with free song download (http://kkttb.jp)
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Assort Pack: Chocolate and Uji Matcha (宇治抹茶)
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Assort Pack: Chocolate and Rose (ローズ) – NB. The rose flavour tastes like turkish delight!!
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Kinako (きなこ) chunky
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Espresso Coffee
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Chocolate/Kinako multi-pack
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Cookies +
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Jasmine Tea
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Maccha Tiramisu
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Tiramisu
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Custard Pudding
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Kit Kat chunky BAG!!!
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Ichimi (red pepper) – a gift from Nagano Prefecture
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Hokkaido Milk
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Jyagaimo (Jacket potato with butter) – these actually smell and taste like the real thing!!
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Takimorokoshi (Corn butter) – perhaps my least favourite Kit Kats ever… ugh.
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Azuki (from Hokkaido)
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Valentine’s Day – white chocolate and lemon
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I found this special posting pack of Kit Kats in the supermarket today (12th Jan 09). It contained one finger regular Kit Kats.
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Just regular and white Kit Kats, but in seasonal sakura (cherry blossom) packaging!
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Daigaku Imo (Japanese candied sweet potatoes)
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Kobe Pudding
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Oh my! It’s a Kit Kat grabbing machine! (In Kobe)
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Is this a CD? I found it on display at Kitano Tenman Shrine in Kobe…
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Suika (watermelon)
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Matcha (green tea) – from Kyoto
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“Lucky Little” Kit Kats – given to students who are taking entrance exams to wish them luck, with the message “キットさくらさくよ” (You can pass the exam!)
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Azuki Sando (red bean sandwich)
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Ajiwai Ichigo (Strawberry Flavour)
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“Little”
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Strawberry
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Apple
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Shoyu (Soy Sauce) – Tokyo Limited Edition
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Koi-Kinako – Tokyo Limited Edition
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Cookies + (My new favourite flavour – Dec 08)
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Strawberry Cheese Cake
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Blueberry Cheese Cake
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Oshiruko (red bean soup) – My favourite flavour, as of Nov 08!
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Chestnut
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White
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Strawberry
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Caramel Macchiato McFlurry
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Caramel Purin (Pudding)
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Muscat of Alexandria – Grape (or is it the elusive ‘wine’ flavour?)
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Tea (Houji-cha)
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Apple
Double Berry
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Kokuto (Black Sugar)
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Caramel Salt
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Peach (for cherry blossom season)
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Matcha (Green Tea)
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Also, there’s a great Flickr group here, where you can see many different kinds of Kit Kats.
An interesting ‘fact’ about Kit Kats in Japan… They are popular around exam season (in February) and mums often put them into their kids’ lunchboxes to wish them luck. Why? Because the Japanese phrase “kitto katsu” (which sounds a lot like Kit Kat, if you’re Japanese) means “surely win”. You’ve gotta love Japan! 
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That’s great. I wonder if they’ll have any special flavours for Christmas?
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I bet they will!!
Oh my… did you get all of those in ONE day… they look fabulous.. I really like Nestle = ) Good choco as always and coffee Nescafe = )
Haha, no, I wish!! Some of these pictures are two years old! They tend to bring out a different Kit Kat for each season, or event.
Where did you find the apple? I’ve been hunting for that and especially mango. Have fun collecting, I do! Oh, and FYI, 7-11 often gets them sooner than a Family Mart or AM/PM, and they also sometimes are the only store to carry a particular flavor!
Thanks for your comment, Katie!
I found the apple in Max Value, I think. It was some time ago now though. Max Value often has these bags of the mini Kit Kats in different flavours.
Thanks for the tip. I wish there was a 7-11 around here! I’m surrounded by Circle Ks instead. I need to find one in town…
[...] Girl is showing off her collection of Kit Kats, and it’s pretty impressive. She’s right that Japan has the best selection of Kit Kat [...]
One of my students has just told me that the Kit Kat you’ve named as cherry blossom flavour is actually peach!
Haha, given that it’s actually got peaches on the box, that’s probably true!! Thanks – I’ll edit…
darn! and i only found 13 when i was in hokkaido
You found 13 Kit Kats in Hokkaido?!?!
I found a picture of wine flavored KitKat!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/selva/80110892/
Oh wow!!!!! Wine flavoured Kit Kat! That’s how it all began for me but I’ve never tasted one! Thanks for the picture!
Jesus appears in Kit Kat bar…
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,25329094-5013016,00.html
ほんとうに？！
They have sports drink kit-kats?!?! Wow… do they taste like Pocari Sweat or what? Also, if you’re looking for Tanabata Festivals, Ichinomiya has one of the biggest in Japan towards the end of the month. It goes on from Thursday-Saturday. It’s intense, but interesting. Hope you’re doing well!