Saturday
Jan022010
Wendy's Closes its Doors in Japan
Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 4:15PM
According to this Yahoo article [yahoo.co.jp], after operating for 29 years in Japan, Wendy's is closing its doors for good in the Land of the Rising Sun.
As 2010 dawns, all remaining 71 Wendy's hamburger restaurants in Japan will close their doors, leaving Japan without any Frostees for good. The prospect of living without cups of chili, extra-thick milkshakes you eat with a spoon and essentially, very cheap, America-sized hamburgers has induced what the article refers to as "Sayonara Wendy's Fever" as hordes of Japanese have flocked to the restaurants to grab a bite to eat before they close for good.
This has actually caused Wendy's to run out of meat to serve customers. I guess this means a lot of people had to settle for just desert.
I used to eat at the Wendy's at JR Kyobashi Station in Osaka all of the time. The food you could get there and the overall dining experience was almost a carbon copy of what you'd find in the US (albeit augmented with the trad awesome Japanese service and sans "Biggie" sized anything).
I am certain their departure will be missed by a good portion of Japan's expat population as alternatives to McDonald's and Mos Burger [mos.co.jp] are now fewer and further between.
As 2010 dawns, all remaining 71 Wendy's hamburger restaurants in Japan will close their doors, leaving Japan without any Frostees for good. The prospect of living without cups of chili, extra-thick milkshakes you eat with a spoon and essentially, very cheap, America-sized hamburgers has induced what the article refers to as "Sayonara Wendy's Fever" as hordes of Japanese have flocked to the restaurants to grab a bite to eat before they close for good.
This has actually caused Wendy's to run out of meat to serve customers. I guess this means a lot of people had to settle for just desert.
I used to eat at the Wendy's at JR Kyobashi Station in Osaka all of the time. The food you could get there and the overall dining experience was almost a carbon copy of what you'd find in the US (albeit augmented with the trad awesome Japanese service and sans "Biggie" sized anything).
I am certain their departure will be missed by a good portion of Japan's expat population as alternatives to McDonald's and Mos Burger [mos.co.jp] are now fewer and further between.
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