Put on your love for this well-known chain loud and proud.
Japanese comfort shops are a dime a dozen in Japan, except you’re speaking about Hokkaido-based chain Seicomart, which solely has a couple of places on the mainland, restricted to Ibaraki and Saitama prefectures.
Based in Hokkaido’s capital metropolis of Sapporo in 1971, Seicomart is understood for promoting merchandise that fly the flag for the prefecture. Just lately, although, our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma had heard whispers a couple of so-called “legendary product” out there solely on the chain, so he made the trek to Ibaraki to see if he may get his palms on the elusive merchandise.
The product was launched in restricted portions in July and offered out right away so he didn’t like his possibilities of discovering it, however to his shock, the shop he visited truly had some in inventory, so he instantly bought one and snapped a photograph exterior the shop in triumph.
That’s proper — the merchandise followers have been going loopy for is an unique T-shirt, priced at 2,178 yen (US$14.53).
In keeping with the chain, there are two designs out there, one with a Seicomart brand and one other bearing the phrases “Sizzling Chef”, which is the identify of their sizzling meals vary. The shirt is available in 4 sizes — small, medium, giant and additional giant — and Masanuki picked up a big as the shop he visited solely had the 2 largest sizes in inventory.
▼ Time for the grand reveal…
▼ Seicomart!
The shirt is constituted of a high-quality materials and it regarded a lot better than he’d imagined. Even employees on the retailer don’t have uniforms that glorify the chain as a lot as this T-shirt, and when Masanuki tried it on, he felt as if he was up within the snowy climes of Hokkaido, not simply due to the Seicomart brand, however as a result of his naked arms within the winter chill have been freezing.
With the chilly chill of Hokkaido pumping by means of his veins, Masanuki felt invincible, and his solely remorse was that he didn’t purchase extra of the shirts whereas he was up in Ibaraki.
So when you occur to be in Hokkaido, Saitama or Ibaraki, maintain an eye fixed out for the shirts at Seicomart. It’s an effective way to point out your love for the chain, and so they make a wonderful memento for followers of the comfort retailer.
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