![]() Meanwhile, other brands have tried and failed to replicate KFC’s success in the Christmas fried chicken market. Christmas isn’t even an official holiday in Japan. Okawara then came up with the brilliant idea of a ‘party barrel’ with KFC chicken, sold at a low, all-inclusive price.Ī post shared by ケンタッキーフライドチキン //Only around 1% of the Japanese population is Christian, with the majority identifying as Shinto or Buddhist. Another legend still says that Okawara, overheard foreigners looking for Christmas dinner traditions in Japan. The official story from KFC Japan says that Okawara went to a Christmas party dressed as Santa Claus, and when the kids loved it, he was inspired to create the KFC Christmas specials. So how did it all begin? Some say that the first KFC manager in Japan, Takeshi Okawara, told a little white lie and marketed their fried chicken as a traditional American Christmas food to encourage sales. KFC has been the ultimate Japanese Christmas food since December 1974, just four years after the first KFC store arrived in Japan. Read on to find out why KFC is the Christmas icon of Japan. It created a whole new Japanese Christmas food tradition that has thrived for almost five decades. It’s all thanks to a very effective marketing campaign that began in the 70s. On December 25th every year, you’ll find millions of Japanese people sitting down to a hearty meal of KFC fried chicken, with orders placed with the restaurant months in advance. Over in South Africa, it’s all about outdoor braais, or barbecues. In France, they enjoy the lavish Réveillon on Christmas Eve. In Britain, Christmas means roast turkey with all the trimmings.
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