How to turn cheap 7-11 food into a gorgeous Japanese traditional breakfast
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…
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Family Mart debuts fried chicken stuffed with cheese dakgalbi
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 serves up brown sugar mochi chocolate coffee
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…
Japan’s Super Mario lottery is a sure-win treasure trove for Nintendo fans
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…
Japanese convenience store’s $1 bubble tea range adds cheese tea boba to lineup
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…
Japanese convenience store now serves sweet custard pudding sandwiches
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…
It’s time for Japanese convenience store fried super sweet corn and chicken sticks
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…
Convenience Store Lawson Donates Rice Balls To Day Cares After Coronavirus School Closures
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…
New One Piece Figures And Japanese Ink Art Style Glasses Hit Convenience Stores As Lottery Prizes
Celebration of the 20th anniversary of popular anime and manga series One Piece rolls on this year, fresh off of a beautiful character-inspired traditional Japanese…
Can You Solve This Japanese Katakana Puzzle? It’s Not as Easy as it Seems
A Japanese manga artist, Asuwara (@asuwara0624), posted this original puzzle on Twitter. Although it seems easy at first, there’s a ‘cruel’ twist that the creator…
Warp Star Riding Kirby Hits Japanese Convenience Stores As Traditional Creamy Sweets
Nintendo’s Kirby has plenty to boast about when it comes to his own line of food and merchandise in Japan, including a head bed that…
Japanese Convenience Store Sweets Go Luxury in Sakura Matcha Godiva Collaboration
Ever popular, Japanese convenience store desserts are like little cups of heaven. Despite being reasonably priced, they’re always beautifully presented and delicious, and we are…
Japan Opens Up Its First Ever Convenience Store Bar
Convenience stores in Japan are known for truly living up to their name, providing a multitude of services such as being a place to pay…
Fluffy Hello Kitty Cup Sleeves Given With Coffee Orders in Japanese Convenience Store Lawson
Hello Kitty is celebrating her 45th anniversary this year and has already collaborated with a Tokyo cafe to bring out awesome Kitty-chan themed food and…
Japanese Convenience Store Now Sells Final Fantasy Fried Chicken–“Limit Break” Karaage Kun!
If you’ve spent time exploring Japanese convenience stores, you may be familiar with Lawson’s “Karaage-kun”–addictive fried chicken nuggets sold at the hot food corner of…