FamilyMart adds Uji Matcha flavour to their original cheesecake lineup
For the dessert-lovers amongst us, the endlessly growing and ever-adapting list of sweet treats from Japan’s convenience stores are one of the things that bring…
Convenience Stores
For the dessert-lovers amongst us, the endlessly growing and ever-adapting list of sweet treats from Japan’s convenience stores are one of the things that bring…
An indefinite delay of Neon Genesis Evangelion’s Rebuild of Evangelion series final film, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time hasn’t slowed down the wave of…
The sandwich section of Japanese convenience stores can often offer seasonal specialties that cause a double-take, such as pudding sandwiches, but one that has become…
Every convenience store in Japan has its own brand of fried chicken it prides itself on, such as Lawson’s Karaage-kun, fried chicken nuggets that have…
Karaage-kun, a brand of Japanese karaage fried chicken sold at Lawson, might be the reigning champ of the Japanese convenience store hot food section. Over…
Last year, the characters of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba slayed their way into our hearts, and now several culinary tributes to the series have…
You can always count on Japanese convenience stores for some interesting instant and hot food treats. With sweet custard pudding sandwiches, fried sweet corn and…
If your default image of convenience store food is instant meals and junk food snacks, 7-11’s in Japan might be a surprise for you. Even…
Japanese convenience store Family Mart’s hot food section can be a magnet for fried chicken lovers, especially with their flagship ‘Fami-chiki’, a chunk of fried…
Japanese convenience store Lawson’s “MACHI café” menu often boasts a number of fancy beverages, but this summer they’re combining drink and dessert with the “Ice…
It’s common for Japanese convenience stores to offer “ichiban kuji”, a type of guaranteed win lottery where you purchase a ticket for a blind draw…
Last year, Japanese convenience store Lawson took on the challenge of creating a quality bubble tea which can be sold ready-made in their branches across…
While Japanese convenience store offer a wide variety of delicious sandwiches, lately many have found themselves enamored with the initially surprising, but delicious and beautifully…
The hot food corner of a Japanese convenience store is often filled with surprising limited edition treats, such as Final Fantasy fried chicken and pudding-filled…
On March 2nd, many schools in Japan announced that they will be temporarily closing as a countermeasure against the ongoing spread of the coronavirus. In…