Monday, 23 March 2009

Beijing Starbucks Mugs

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Monday, 16 March 2009

New Yokohama Starbucks Mug

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Monday, 9 March 2009

Yokohama Starbucks Mug

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Monday, 2 March 2009

Tokyo Starbucks Mug

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Monday, 23 February 2009

Roppongi Hills Starbucks Mug

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Monday, 16 February 2009

Okinawa Starbucks Mug

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Monday, 9 February 2009

Kyoto Starbucks Mug

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Monday, 2 February 2009

Chiba Starbucks Mug

My friend, Katie got me this mug as a present. Normally I don't like Starbucks mugs as presents but I'd been to Chiba several times and just never seen the mug for sale so gladly accepted it (and love it!).

Chiba Starbucks Mug

Notice the Ferris Wheel and the surfers. Chiba is a very popular surfing destination.

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Monday, 26 January 2009

Saitama Starbucks Mug

Bought this mug several years ago, in my first year in Japan when I was working at the NOVA in Shin Koshigaya, Saitama.

Saitama Starbucks Mug

Upon closer inspection you can see the Saitama Super Arena and some butterflies as well as the Starbucks siren.

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Monday, 19 January 2009

Japan 2007 Starbucks Mug

Well I wrote about this year's new Starbucks mug but I never got around to writing about 2007's! Here's a photo of my mug here:

Japan 2007 Starbucks Mug

Not the most interesting design but I do like the Japanese artwork (commissioned by Starbucks).

Strangely this mug seems to be made out of a different material from the other mugs.

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Monday, 12 January 2009

Japan 2009 Starbucks Mug

Not wanting to miss out on the special yearly Starbucks Mug for 2009 (like I did in the great "forgot to buy the mug" instance in 2006) I once more headed out to the Southern Terrace Starbucks in Shinjuku on Boxing Day to grab one before they sold out.

The design really surprised me. 2008 and 2007's mugs had been very Japanese in style. 2008 even had Japanese characters for "2008".

Japan 2009 Starbucks Mug

As you can see, 2009's mug is also very Japanese, featuring a computer rendering of a a traditional Japanese panorama. Very unusual to have a black colour scheme for a Starbucks mug, though the Starbucks 2009 Tumblers came in two designs, the one on the mug and a bright blue daytime variant. I wonder why they didn't make a mug variant as well?

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Monday, 31 March 2008

Starbucks Mug Japan 2008

My collection of Starbucks mugs has been growing quite a bit since I last posted about it. One of the mugs I've gotten this year has been the Japan 2008 Starbucks mug which I grabbed on Boxing Day (the day it came out). As usual it sold out days after it's release.

Starbucks Mug Japan 2008

It has a really nice design on it featuring some Japanese influenced artwork instead of the American pop art that's normally on a Starbucks mug. The year "2008" is also written in Japanese. Nice!

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Thursday, 15 February 2007

Starbucks Mug: Sakura 2007

I noticed last year that there was a special sakura (cherry blossom) Starbucks mug design for sale but waited too damn long to buy it and have regretted it ever since. So today when I saw the 2007 sakura design (I guess it's a new yearly thing for the sakura obsessed Japanese collector) I immediately grabbed one. Luckily pay day was this week!

As with the Japanese Kit Kat flavours, I've decided, starting with this mug, to blog about my growing collection of Japanese Starbucks mugs! The mugs in Japan have such interesting designs (a definite step up from the craptacular Australian ones that look like a high school art class screen print job) and almost always a unique Japanese artistic influence.

This mug is interesting in that while city themed mugs (such as the Yokohama, Kyoto and Tokyo mugs) are all the standard Starbucks mugs size and shape, this one has a rounder handle and opens up more at the top.

The design is a vibrant collage of white and pink sakura flowers over a blurred bluish-green background. Very impressionistic.

An extra touch that I like is the group of small pink sakura petals on the inside of the mug. Kawaii!

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