Aquarius Sports Drink

[John W.]

This is directed more towards gaigin not living in Japan. My son loves Aquarius; not Pokari Sweat - Aquarius is high on his list of all time favorite beverages. I cannot find it in any local Asian stores, Amazon doesn't have it - all I see online is Pocari Sweat. I assume that Coca Cola blocks importing it (they own Powerade, and that would be a competitor to their own brand).

Can any one confirm? Have you seen it in any of the Asian stores where you live?

John W.

[chuckers]

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:53:29 PM UTC-5, John W. wrote:
> This is directed more towards gaigin not living in Japan. My son loves Aquarius; not Pokari Sweat - Aquarius is high on his list of all time favorite beverages. I cannot find it in any local Asian stores, Amazon doesn't have it - all I see online is Pocari Sweat. I assume that Coca Cola blocks importing it (they own Powerade, and that would be a competitor to their own brand).
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> Can any one confirm? Have you seen it in any of the Asian stores where you live?
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Wikipedia claims it is sold as Aquarius Spring! in the US:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_%28sports_drink%29#United_States

Further searching indicates you could buy *that* online from here:

http://www.dollartree.com/Aquarius-Springs-16-9-oz-Natural-Spring-Water-6-ct-Packs/p298339/index.pro

I won't attest to how close it is as I have never seen it available. Seems a bit cold for sports drinks this time of year. I only tended to drink them during the heat of the summer when I figured they'd do the most good. Or I was sick with the some intestinal bug and spewing my guts out everywhere.

[chuckers]

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 2:53:29 PM UTC-5, John W. wrote:

> This is directed more towards gaigin not living in Japan. My son loves Aquarius; not Pokari Sweat - Aquarius is high on his list of all time favorite beverages. I cannot find it in any local Asian stores, Amazon doesn't have it - all I see online is Pocari Sweat. I assume that Coca Cola blocks importing it (they own Powerade, and that would be a competitor to their own brand).
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> Can any one confirm? Have you seen it in any of the Asian stores where you live?
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Oh, and one more, apparently:

http://en.kenko.com/shop/en-us/list/sr/5/1/0/commodity/0/0/w/Aquarius

They will apparently ship overseas but it won't be cheap and I haven't worked out how payments are handled for it just yet.

[mtfe...@netmapsonscape.net]

John W. <worth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is directed more towards gaigin not living in Japan. My son
> loves Aquarius; not Pokari Sweat - Aquarius is high on his list of all
> time favorite beverages. I cannot find it in any local Asian stores,

Am I the only one who drinks milk as a "sports beverage"?

Mike

[mtfe...@netmapsonscape.net]

Band Beyond Desu <t...@aiko.com> wrote:

> Apparently not...

> http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2009/05/17/lewd-osaka-shop-dispenses-loads-of-lactic-lechery/

Nothing like it after a good work-out...
or during...
or before...
or instead of...

Mike

[John W.]

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:59:31 PM UTC-6, mtfe...@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
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> Am I the only one who drinks milk as a "sports beverage"?
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I love milk after exercise; my son does, too. He started after a trip to Kinosaki, with some excellent cold milk after an excellent hot bath.

John W.

[John W.]

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:51:00 PM UTC-6, chuckers wrote:
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> Wikipedia claims it is sold as Aquarius Spring! in the US:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius_%28sports_drink%29#United_States
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> Further searching indicates you could buy *that* online from here:
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> http://www.dollartree.com/Aquarius-Springs-16-9-oz-Natural-Spring-Water-6-ct-Packs/p298339/index.pro
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Looks slightly different; more of a water. But Dollar Tree? Might go to the local store and check it out.

John W.

[mtfe...@netmapsonscape.net]

Well, I drink about 3 gallons a week, and I'm still doing BJJ. Not sure if
there's a cause-and-effect, but at least it isn't hurting me.

Mike