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Most things I buy on Amazon come through Yamato, and a few through Sagawa or the Post office, so in fact, Amazon uses Takkyuubins. (I live in Japan) Tangential
by glandium 9y ago
Most things I buy on Amazon come through Yamato, and a few through Sagawa or the Post office, so in fact, Amazon uses Takkyuubins. (I live in Japan)
Tangentially, takkyuubin is actually a trademark by Yamato, and the Ghibli movie, Majou no takkyuubin was actually sponsored by Yamato, and is one of the reasons there is a black cat in the movie (their emblem). The generic term is takuhaibin (宅配便).
- ekianjo 9y agoTheir service is also called Kuroneko, black cat, by most people.
- glandium 9y agoTheir web site is even kuronekoyamato.co.jp.
- inferiorhuman 9y ago> Tangentially, takkyuubin is actually a trademark by Yamato, and the Ghibli movie, Majou no takkyuubin was actually sponsored by Yamato, and is one of the reasons there is a black cat in the movie (their emblem). The generic term is takuhaibin (宅配便). Ahhhh. I've seen Ta-q-bin which obviously seems trademarked, but not realized takkyuubin vs takuhaibin.