How is it possible that Japan has convenience store brands of delicious cheap chicken nuggets that you can find in gas stations?
So Lawson is a company found in 1939 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The once American milk store would eventually after a serious of mergers and corporate back and forths go defunct as a brand. But today, it is now a chain of over 14,600 convenience stores in Japan. I could get side tracked by their business model offering a “'Hub of refreshment in every community' through the three 'Whew!' Surprises." The vision of "Creating Happiness and Harmony in Our Communities" is the best and real social purpose I've ever read.
In 1975, under a deal with The Daiei, Inc., the first Japanese Lawson store would open. It would take until 2012 to reopen Lawson stores in Hawaii on American soil again - side note the 2 locations are located in hotels: the Sheraton Waikiki and the Westin's Moana Hotel. The chain is expanding rapidly with over 5,000 additional stores in China.
Now that would all be unremarkable, except they would also go on to launch their "Kara-age-kun" chicken nuggets in 1986 (what a time to be alive). They have launched over 100 flavours, and reportedly sell 500,000 orders every day. Or as legend would have it - they have sold over 150,000 Mt. Fujis tall worth of tasty chicken nuggets. And like the Costco hot dog of Japan - they only recently increased prices for the first time. They wouldn't even have the cute packaging and branding until 2003.
Lawson is the story of a brand that started in Ohio selling milk, launched as a novelty American store in Japan, is now owned by Misubishi and turned into an iconic chicken empire.
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Pairing: Karamatsu/Tougou
Type: One-Shot
Rating: Explicit
Words: 4800+
A rarepair I wrote for a friend. It's an AU where Tougou never kidnapped Osomatsu but still went to jail for other crimes and then cleaned up his act and fell in love with Karamatsu. They're a couple here, and the story is about Tougou getting his pride put to the test as Karamatsu dominates him in bed for the first time. 💙🔪
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I know I'm getting better at cooking because sometimes now I'll read online recipes and be like you fucking idiot. You imbecile. That marinade is just a glorified sauce. Come back to me when you've trained in the tofu mines and under the kewpie mayo waterfalls and then we can talk about making vegetarian karage.
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Lights in the rain
waaaaaaaa,, your writing for hypmic is so soft, it makes my heart feel cozy!!! it's like every paragraph is a little window into a candid moment you caught.. is it possible to write one of toki, who is seeing an idol, catching one of her performances on a screen in the city all huge on a building, he stops and just stares like oh.... finally kind of getti gthe hype and how interesting that life is??? too many ideas???? ( ; w ; ) ~ anon
You are so nice you are so kind ;_; I do not deserve compliments so wonderful as these >.< thank you anon <3
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To the world, you were a famous idol. A public celebrity with millions of adoring fans who would recognize you anywhere. An artist praised for your talent, appearance, and whatever move you may make.
To Samatoki, you were simply his. His partner, his home, his second half, his love.
To be frank, Samatoki knows squat about your career.
He knows you’re relatively famous (he doesn’t know how famous you actually are).
He also knows you perform for a living (he thinks it’s on the same scale as his performances).
And he knows he wants to and will protect you if anyone tries to harm you (once a fan began bothering you while you two were on a date and Samatoki nearly throttled him).
Idol or not, you’re you- the person he fell in love with and will stay in love with till the end of time. He never had a greater interest in your career once you told him because he knows it won’t affect the way he feels about you.
Of course he’ll support you- he’s your own personal cheerleader, but he has no grasp of the scale of the success of your career.
It’s a stormy night in Yokohama when he sees it. On his way home from a meeting with his Rio and Jyuto- he was in a pretty piss poor mood from the food he consumed earlier. Stomach rumbling in annoyance and pain, the only soothing thought in his mind was sharing a warm meal with his beloved.
To add to his annoyance, most places he would usually get takeout were closed for the night- shut down due to weather concerns.
To triple his annoyance, he couldn’t get a good light on his cigarette because of all the rain.
Stuck with under a passageway with a grumbling stomach and a failing lighter- Samatoki had to be in the worst mood he’d been in for a long while.
He had half the mind to message you and ask if you’d like something from a convenience store- the other half preoccupied in wallowing in his own passive anger at the world.
Attempt after attempt he tried to get his cig to light. Rain continues to pour and his irritation grows and grows. A growl escapes throat the moment sparks stop coming from his lighter.
“Useless piece of crap-“ he kicks it away into the night, brushing off thought of your voice scolding him for littering.
He closes his eyes and faces the sky in utter exasperation.
It’d be a ten minute commute by train, not including the ten additional minutes walking to the station, out of the station, and to your shared apartment.
He really needed something to cleanse his stomach. A beef bowl? Udon? Karage? The more the thought about food the more his stomach growled.
He also needed to get you something. Outside of food he felt like tonight you he should give you a gift. Flowers? A cake maybe? He’d need an excuse to get you something or else you’d tease him for being soft again…
When he opens his eyes he sees it. He sees flashes of colors shine through the rain, dancing in the droplets before falling to the ground. Pinks and blues and yellows and greens. His eyes follow the colors to a large billboard across from him.
Previously playing advertisements for alcohol and slots- he widens at the display before him.
You, not you as he knows you at home, but you in your idol uniform- moving with enough energy to carry a stadiums worth of cheers. Light sticks at your feet, the colors shine upon you as they do him.
Slightly distorted audio plays but all the same he knows it to be your voice. Only it’s accompanied by screaming and cheering and excitement and joy-
He wonders if those in the crowd could ever feel the same way he does right now. Staring at the image of you in all your glory. And there, Samatoki makes the decision that no- no one in that crowd- or the world- could ever feel the same way he does right now.
Pure enchantment at how you could be so incredible in every facet of your life. From the soft cuddles you give to him every night, from the way you care for him no matter how pissy of a mood he may be in, from your laugh that makes him feel like he can do anything in the world, to right now. From your energy, your voice, your movement- just you, all of you.
Samatoki smiles then. Then, on a stormy Yokohama night, Samatoki finds his excuse to buy you a gift.
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Writing this made me feel soft >,< I don’t know if I got his character exactly right but I hope you enjoyed this anon !! Thank you once again for your support <3
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