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I remember the original comment when you were starting out. It's very inspiring for someone who wants to start a business in Japan. :)

I would like a service like Candy Japan but for drinks. Sadly shipping costs will be way to high for this to be profitable. Why can't Japanese drinks become popular in Europe instead of the other way around. My favorite drink is getting replaced by Orangina and Fanta over there :<



There are certainly enough strange things over here to do a drink version, but taking into account the shipping cost if it was twice-monthly just like Candy Japan (2 cans every two weeks) then the subscription cost would need to be ~$38 to cover the extra shipping cost.

First time I went to Japan was just when 9/11 happened (watched it from the traditional guest house common area TV). So liquid limits had not yet been invented at this point. Before heading home I filled my backpack with a bunch of different drinks from the vending machines and then had a fun time trying each with friends and giving them ratings.

I think there would be even more different tastes with drinks. With candy as long as it's sweet 99% of people can enjoy at least a bit. But even in our small friends trial there were people who could not stand anything coffee based. Green tea based drinks are also a bit of an acquired taste and seem to be disliked by many (our tea-related candy that included some green tea bags got relatively low feedback).

Maybe it would have to be mostly sugary drinks. Or there would need to be a way to indicate which types of drinks you can tolerate, in which case things would get a bit more complicated.




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