In Osaka, the local Kentucky Fried Chickens like to dress their statue of Colonel Sanders in a seasonal outfit instead of his white suit he usually wears.
I first noticed this last summer at the Tenjin Matsuri where the Colonel is dressed in a yukata – a traditional festival going costume.
Fast forward to Christmas and Santa has magically appeared in front of KFC.
The next two blew me away however. I got these with kind permission from The Shock
Every March there is the Hina Matsuri dolls festival in which it is believed dolls have the power to contain the bad luck from girls.
Here is a picture of a typical doll
and here is a bearded one:
April sees the children start a new year of school and the coming of the new first graders. To celebrate that, the Colonel is decked out in a brand new school outfit.
May sees the Children’s Festival and a fat bearded man is once again in disguise riding a panda.
I’ll keep you updated with these in the future.
And that my friend, is an amazing reason to visit Osaka.
Those are AWESOME!
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i’m a chinese want to learn something about japan culture, so lucky to find your blog here,thank you for all these posts! i’ll keep reading it for more update!
More Colonel = More awesomn. And you know about the Curse of the Colonel, right?
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wow.. in my 3 years in osaka, ive never seen col. sanders dressed up like that
.. ill start my hunt …
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I grew up in Louisville, KY and met “The Colonel” several times. I can’t even imagine how he would have reacted to seeing his statue dressed up like that.
awesome stuff !!!
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