{"id":74719,"date":"2022-03-16T17:29:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T08:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=74719"},"modified":"2024-02-27T20:05:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:05:28","slug":"starbucks-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/starbucks-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbucks in Japan: Why They Are So Popular and Why You Should Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Starbucks is, without a doubt, a beloved Japanese institution. In a couple of short decades since the global coffee chain\u2019s first Japanese location appeared in Ginza in 1996, Starbucks has grown to include over 1,600 stores dotting city streets, countryside locations, rest stops, and anywhere else a branch can fit. In fact, Japan was Starbuck\u2019s first international location since the company started in 1971 along Pike Place, Seattle<\/a>, in the United States. This makes the relationship between Starbucks and Japan somewhat unique and special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Numbers don\u2019t tell everything, but the rapid growth of Starbucks in Japan does explain a lot. In 2013, they earned \u00a5125,666,000,000<\/a> (over $1.2 billion USD at the time of writing), and this was with 600 fewer stores in the country. Since then, they\u2019ve marched onward an assertive, confident expansion plan that has created 100 new stores a year. In 2015, they stopped being a publicly-traded company, and have therefore stopped disclosing their financial records to the public, but it\u2019s safe to assume that there\u2019s no stopping Starbucks at any point in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This kind of growth simply wouldn\u2019t happen without some real, powerful reason driving the connection between Starbucks and the Japanese public. So, what is it about Starbucks that\u2019s so appealing to Japan?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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