At first, the reason why this statue was made is that this statue was made for KFC's event in Canada, but after this event, it was put into a warehouse. However, Japanese KFC officer who came to Canada to inspect KFC found this statue, and bought it back to Japan.
Next, the reason why this statue was put in front of KFC's store is that people in Japan identified KFC as a store that dealt with electorical fittings or a barbershop because completely nameless KFC used roofs and signboards painted srtips of red and white as a image color a long time ago. So, the Colnel Sanders's statue was put in front of KFC's store so that people would not mistake the KFC's store for the another store.
In addition, I will try to introduce the interesting information about KFC. The content of the interesting story is that people in Japan call KFC "Kentucky Fried Chicken". However, I said to my overseas friends "Let's go out to eat "Kentucky Fried Chicken" but at first they did not identify Kentucky Fried Chicken as KFC. After that, I asked them why they did not identiy. The reason why was that was that if this store is called Kentucky Fried Chicken, this store sells only chickens, so they call these stores onlhy KFC. However, Japanese tend to put together various things as a group. Therefore, Japanese call KFC Ken
tucky Fried Chicken.
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Before coming to Japan, I had actually never seen a statue of the Colonel! I found the story about why the statue is famous in Japan pretty interesting, though.
However, I must say, the biscuits they sell at Japanese KFCs are nothing like the biscuits in American KFCs.
Also, my homestay family calls KFC just "kentucky." Does that happen often?
KFC is a great example of globalization. Where did you get the information about the statues of Colonel Sanders? I have heard a different explanation in a film called "The Colonel Comes to Japan" (1981 by John Nathan). Here is a short article about how the film is still being used today:
http://www.outreachworld.org/article.asp?articleid=102
Yes, I think most Japanese refer to KFC as "Kentucky." Why don't Japanese people like mashed potatoes?
How exactly do YOU see KFC as an example of globalization? How are Japanese shops different from KFC shops in America?
It might be interesting to discuss the "curse of the colonel" and the Hanshin Tigers...
http://www2.gol.com/users/michaelo/History.html
Your first photo is OK. But what do your last two photos accomplish? How are they complementing your text?
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