When Mark Frost and David Lynch’s Twin Peaks first aired on Japanese televisions in May 1991, audiences couldn’t get enough of their wonderful and strange show. During the Real Twin Peaks 2026 event, I presented an hour-long, free panel on Saturday, February 21 at the Black Dog Arts Cafe in Snoqualmie about the show’s connections to…
As the first light of Christmas morning shines through the trees outside my window, I’m looking back at Peaksmas 2025, a series of articles from fellow Twin Peaks Blog author and long-time fan Dugpa and me about Twin Peaks in Japan. In case you missed the articles, here is a summary of stories we covered with…
Coca-Cola Japan Co., Ltd. located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo held a press conference to announce the production of a series “Twin Peaks” commercials for their new Georgia Coffee drink campaign on January 18th, 1993 at the Imperial Hotel in Hibiya, Tokyo. The campaign was aimed at solidifying and further developing the position of the Georgia brand,…
For many Twin Peaks fans, Takanori Higuchi will forever be remembered as Detective Ken Saito—the earnest Tokyo investigator who arrived in Twin Peaks searching for his missing fiancée in David Lynch’s surreal Georgia Coffee commercials of the early 1990s. Sharing scenes with Agent Dale Cooper, the Log Lady, and the familiar denizens of the Double…
As part of this year’s “Peaksmas,” Dugpa and I are diving into stories about Twin Peaks in Japan. One of the more notable creations from the “Land of the Rising Sun” is the 1993 Georgia Coffee commercials with characters from David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange show. Dugpa covered the numerous coffee can…
For most Americans, the name, Georgia conjures images of peaches, Coca-Cola’s home state, or perhaps a Ray Charles song. But in Japan, Georgia Coffee is something very different: a beloved brand of ready-to-drink canned coffee that has been part of daily life since Coca-Cola launched it there in 1975. Sold in vending machines, convenience stores,…