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7-Eleven Japan is releasing Greedy chocolate chip and whipped cream sandwiches

• Casey Baseel
  May 15, 2026
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We’re not sure if we can say greed is good, but it does look delicious.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chocolate • COK • convenience stores • crazy • food • Japanese convenience stores • sandwiches • sweets)

7-Eleven Japan upsizes popular products like egg sando and pork ramen but how big are they really?

• Oona McGee
  May 14, 2026

Getting more convenience store food for our yen is always a fun time, but this campaign is bordering on ridiculous.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • egg sando • egg sandwich • egg sandwiches • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese egg sandwiches • ramen • SNJO)

7-Eleven Japan releases Uji matcha smoothies… but only at select locations

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2026

Japanese convenience store chain serves up two green tea drinks for a limited time.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • combini • convenience store finds • convenience stores • drinks • green tea • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • matcha • smoothies • Uji Matcha • viral)

7-Eleven Japan now sells… hot takoyaki!

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2026

A wildly popular local specialty takes Japanese convenience store food to a hot new level.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • food • Japanese convenience stores • octopus balls • takoyaki)

New 7-Eleven sandwich goes viral in Japan, but is it everything it’s cracked up to be?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 8, 2026

We find out if this “Greedy Sandwich” with cherry blossom bread tastes as good as it looks.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sandwich • convenience store sandwiches • convenience stores • cool • fairy bread • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese fruit sandwiches • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • sandwiches • sweets)

7-Eleven Japan’s new baked-in-store sweet treat is only available in three parts of the country

• SoraNews24
  Apr 7, 2026

This is one of 7-Eleven Japan’s rarest sweets, but is it worth tracking down?

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• (7 Cafe Bakery • 7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • food • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Drinkable pixels: 7-Eleven Japan creates new convenience store juice with “pixels” inside

• Oona McGee
  Mar 25, 2026

Exciting new juice with over-the-top design features can only be found in six prefectures.

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• (7-Eleven • art • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • cute • design • drinks • Japanese convenience stores • juice • konbini • limited edition • Peach • pixel • pixel art • Pixels)

7-Eleven Japan releases a crazy new viral sandwich: Chocolate Sprinkles and Whipped Cream

• Oona McGee
  Mar 24, 2026

New “Greedy Sandwich” with cherry blossom pink bread takes classic Australian and Kiwi party food to new levels.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sandwich • convenience store sandwiches • convenience stores • cool • fairy bread • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese fruit sandwiches • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • sandwiches • sweets)

Are Japanese convenience store sandwiches scamming us with their fillings?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 17, 2026

We find out if there’s any truth to the so-called “cross-section scam”.

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• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store hack • convenience stores • crazy • egg sandwich • Family mart • food • hacks • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwich • Japanese sandwiches • Lawson • sandwich • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test • weird)

7-Eleven Japan’s giant fried chicken skewer would be too big to eat, so it’s really for cuddling

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 16, 2026

Comfort food to snuggle up with is just one of the crazy prizes in the 7-Eleven Happy Kuji collection.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • awesome • convenience stores • crazy • food • fried chicken • funny • Happy Kuji • Japanese convenience stores • karaage • kuji • plushies • prize lottery • weird)

As rumors swirl of 7-Eleven shorting customers on rice ball fillings, we check on their sujiko

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2026

Viral tweet claims have shoppers wondering if they’re paying premium-filling prices for almost-plain onigiri.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO)

7-Eleven Japan now sells bagels…cooked in bamboo steamers

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2026

Like a bagel masquerading as a Chinese steamed bun.

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• (7-Eleven • bagels • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • steamed buns)

Which convenience store onigiri rice balls are the most popular? Survey reveals surprising results

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2026

There’s one rice ball that everyone chooses at Lawson, 7-Eleven, Mini Stop and Family Mart in Japan.

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• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • Mini Stop • onigiri • rice • rice balls • SNJO)

Japanese drugstore sells onigiri at pre-stupid era prices, but how do they compare to 7-Eleven?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2026

Taste-testing the time-trip rice balls of Welcia.

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• (7-Eleven • COK • drugstores • food • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • Welcia)

7-Eleven Japan’s sakura sweets season is underway right now!

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 25, 2026

The first cherry blossom desserts are already here, and there are more to come.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cherry blossoms sweets • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • sakura sweets • sweets)

Here comes Japan’s newest fruit dessert sandwich: 7-Eleven’s purple Blueberry Sandwich!

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 15, 2026

Purple bread, all in my Japanese convenience store sweets.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • blueberry • COK • convenience stores • food • fruit sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese fruit sandwiches • sandwiches • sweets)

7-Eleven Japan sells freshly baked pizzas…but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 8, 2026

A convenience store find waiting to be discovered by customers.

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• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese pizzas • konbini • pizza • pizzas)

Convenience store onigiri rice balls become even more expensive…but are they worth it?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2026

Join us as we explore the more expensive side of Japan’s rice ball spectrum. 

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• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • onigiri • rice • rice balls • SNJO)

7-Eleven Japan’s ramen-cooking robot whipped us up a bowl of noodles【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Dec 27, 2025

7-Eleven is trying to innovate beyond cup noodles, but does this new technology deliver the flavor ramen fans need?

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Noodles • ramen • robots • SNJO • taste test • technology)

7-Eleven Japan starts new temporary luggage storage service in over 300 branches

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 20, 2025

Japanese convenience stores really do have everything, even your luggage.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • anime convention • cool • Ecbo Cloak • Japan travel • Japanese convenience stores • luggage storage • tourism • travel)

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