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| Above, a Starbucks in Ginza, Tokyo. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Several months ago, I wrote about a new Tully's Coffee shop opening in Tottori Prefecture in 2014. (To see that blog post, go here.)
Now, RocketNews24 is reporting that Starbucks is following suit in opening their first store in the prefecture by March 2015.
They reported:
Tottori Prefecture, the final frontier. It may sound strange, but when it comes to Starbucks, Tottori is uncharted territory and the only prefecture in all of Japan without a Starbucks location. That will all change soon as the coffee giant plans to open a new store somewhere within the small prefecture’s borders by March 2015.
With the largest population of elderly folks in all of Japan, it might seem natural that Tottori went without a Starbucks for so long. However, you might be surprised to find that there are places in Tokyo that have yet to see the familiar green and white mermaid.For regular coffee, I prefer Tully's (the regular coffee at Starbucks tastes burnt to me, although I do like their hot cafe mochas). So, if I should ever go to Tottori Prefecture, at least there will be a Starbucks there in the future should I want a cafe mocha. Tully's has a good cafe mocha as well, by the way.
If you have been given any Starbucks gift cards during Christmas, you can't use them in Japan. I tried once and found that the Japan Starbucks shops don't accept them. The workers just stare at them in wonderment.
To read the full article, go here.
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