{"id":20927,"date":"2011-07-29T09:08:33","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T13:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=20927"},"modified":"2011-07-29T09:08:33","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T13:08:33","slug":"surviving-in-japan-what-is-calorie-off-and-why-should-you-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/29\/surviving-in-japan-what-is-calorie-off-and-why-should-you-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving in Japan: What is “Calorie Off” and Why Should You Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by Ashley Thompson (Shizuoka-ken, 2008-2010)<\/strong> of Surviving in Japan: without much Japanese<\/a> and Lifelines columnist for The Japan Times.
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\nMy time in Japan so far has seen many changes, as to be expected, and most have been gradual. One such change has been the increasing prevalence of \u201ccalorie off\u201d drinks. When I first arrived I remember this option being available, but as the years have gone by some of my favorite beverages converted completely to \u201ccalorie off\u201d, including my beloved lemon Mitsuya Cider… (I like CC Lemon too, but I prefer Mitsuya Cider).<\/p>\n

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Now, just browsing at the local \u30b3\u30f3\u30d3\u30cb (convenience store), it is more difficult to find carbonated (and some non-carbonated) beverages that aren\u2019t \u201ccalorie off.\u201d Not that I drink much else aside water in general (and occasionally 100% juice or tea), but even if some new, “limited edition” beverage looks interesting to try I often don\u2019t because it is, of course, \u201ccalorie off.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, what is \u201ccalorie off\u201d? — CLICK HERE<\/a> <\/strong>to read the rest of the post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Posted by Ashley Thompson (Shizuoka-ken, 2008-2010) of Surviving in Japan: without much Japanese and Lifelines columnist for The Japan Times. My time in Japan so far has seen many changes, as to be expected, and most have been gradual. One such change has been the increasing prevalence of \u201ccalorie off\u201d drinks. When I first arrived […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[73,7,70,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-blogs","category-food-drink","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t