Japan Post, Nestle to release 'KitMail' for exam season

Japan Post, Nestle to release 'KitMail' for exam season

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Co. and Nestle Japan Ltd. will release on Dec. 1, 2014, the "KitMail," a special mailable version of the latter's KitKat chocolate product, as a good luck gift for the entrance examination season in Japan.

Chocolate cherry blossom

Chocolate cherry blossom

TOKYO, Japan - A cherry blossom artwork made of chocolate is unveiled to the media in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2012. Students from the University of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts as well as an artist took part in the project to make the work, about 1.20 meters in diameter and weighing around 85 kilograms, using KitKat, a chocolate product made by Nestle Japan Ltd., to encourage students preparing for entrance examinations. The work will be exhibited at Cafe Nescafe Harajuku in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward from Dec. 20 through Jan. 8.

80-kg chocolate bar

80-kg chocolate bar

TOKYO, Japan - Nestle Japan Ltd. unveils an 80-kilogram KitKat chocolate bar, made by a group of University of Tokyo students (in photo), during a press event in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2011, for an exhibition to encourage students taking school and university entrance exams.

Japan Post, Nestle to release 'KitMail' for exam season

Japan Post, Nestle to release 'KitMail' for exam season

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Post Co. and Nestle Japan Ltd. will release on Dec. 1, 2014, the "KitMail," a special mailable version of the latter's KitKat chocolate product, as a good luck gift for the entrance examination season in Japan. (Kyodo)

80-kg chocolate bar

80-kg chocolate bar

TOKYO, Japan - Nestle Japan Ltd. unveils an 80-kilogram KitKat chocolate bar, made by a group of University of Tokyo students (in photo), during a press event in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2011, for an exhibition to encourage students taking school and university entrance exams. (Kyodo)