The soft drink market in Japan is huge, and so is the money invested in soft drink commercials. Here are my favorite soft drinks and their respective commercials.

Calpis (カルピス) is a milky white soft drink. I love this commercial because it’s funny. The girl is acting out a dialogue where she pretends she is talking to the person she likes. Watch what happens:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3WT31Vfl3g

Oronamin  C Drink (オロナミンCドリンク) is a carbonated health drink. The Oronamin C Drink commercials often feature Japanese star Aya Ueto (上戸 彩) like in this funny commercial :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdMa-tkEQPg

Pocari Sweat (ポカリスエット) is a sports drink. The commercials for Pocari Sweat often feature someone who engages in strenuous physical activity and drinks Pocari Sweat to cool off :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYh_SacotHk

I hope you’ve enjoyed watching these commercials. You know, watching Japanese commercials can help you understand the nuances of a culture, like what’s considered funny, or what’s considered politically correct. In some cases, you don’t have to know a lot of Japanese to know what’s going on.