Not content with ordinary bi-pedal delivery guys, Domino’s Pizza in Japan is training new charges to heft its pizzas across the cold climes of the country’s northernmost island Hokkaido this Christmas—reindeer.

While a reindeer delivery service may seem a concept lifted straight out of a Hayao Miyazaki film, it appears that Domino’s is very serious about the idea.

The company didn’t immediately respond to Fortune’s request for comment but a press release (in Japanese) issued on Nov. 17 said that Domino’s is working with reindeer breeders at the Hokkaido Delivery Integrated Research Center to prepare for extremely cold conditions this winter. A “full-scale” reindeer roll out is expected in December.

An update, released Thursday, said that each reindeer would be fitted with its own “GPS driver tracker” so that its progress could be tracked in real time.

Dominos has even produced a detailed “action plan” replete with images of a Domino’s branded container perched atop one of the antlered beasts, Quartz reports.
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