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What is Pocky Day? How annual celebration of the Japanese chocolate-coated biscuit began
In a rather clever bit of marketing, the company introduced the idea of Pocky Day in Japan on November 11, 1999 - the year being the 11th of the Heisei era, meaning the date could be written out ...
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Learning from Japanese picture books (21) Picky to Pocky no Haiku Ehon: Oshogatsu no Maki
The cover of the picture book "Picky to Pocky no Haiku Ehon ... (Mainichi/Risa Koshiba) New Year's Day is the biggest event of the year in Japan, and families usually get together to eat ...