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Do 7-Eleven Japan’s new back-to-budget-friendly-basics rice bowls make us happy?【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2024
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The fight against convenience store price creep heats up.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bento • budget • cheap food • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • SNJO • taste test • Ureshii Ne)

How to make a Japanese convenience store bento look like a meal from a restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Sep 13, 2024

Local hack elevates convenience store food in seconds.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bento • COK • convenience stores • food • food hack • food hacks • hack • hacks • SNJO)

Epic cutlet sandwiches in Osaka are the best Shinkansen bento

• Oona McGee
  Aug 11, 2024

A tasty way to travel on the bullet train.

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• (bento • big eats • bullet train • cutlet sandwich • Ekiben • food • Japanese food • katsu • katsu sandwich • Osaka • sandwiches • shinkansen • train stations)

Our delivery of meat from Katsuya was so full of everything deep-fried that we almost cried

• Krista Rogers
  Aug 8, 2024

Nevertheless, we dutifully dissected every element of the chain’s new takeout-exclusive “Full Mori” menu item before downing it all.

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• Japan
• (Ahiruneko • bento • big food • COK • dining • food • fried food • Full Mori • karaage • katsudon • Katsuya • SNJO • tonkatsu)

Japanese sake brewery helps to create a stunning bento meal

• Oona McGee
  Jul 19, 2024

Centuries of brewing experience makes traditional Japanese food taste better than ever before.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • Japanese supermarkets • Kunimare • mackerel • obento • saba • sake • sake brewery • SNJO • supermarket food • supermarkets • taste test)

Japan’s new bento has people talking and hearts burning because it’s all fried chicken skins

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 8, 2024

We taste-test the unusual innovation.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • crazy • Don Quijote • food • fried chicken • SNJO • taste test • weird)

Lawson Store 100 starts their own free upsize campaign to match its parent convenience store

• Master Blaster
  Jun 11, 2024

More for even less!

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• Japan
• (bento • big food • COK • convenience stores • Dekamori Challenge • food • Lawson • Lawson Store 100 • Morisugi Challenge • onigiri • pudding • rice balls)

New bento bread makes us rethink sandwiches…and Japanese bentos

• Oona McGee
  May 11, 2024

Local bread specialist pushes the boat out with a surprising addition to their store.

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• Japan
• (bento • bento bread • bread • COK • food • food souvenirs • Japan travel • japanese bento • Japanese bread • local specialties • Noppo • Noppo Pan • noriben • Shizuoka • sightseeing • SNJO • souvenirs • Takuya Inaba • taste test • travel • weird)

Secret Kitchen bento serves Japanese flowers, birds, wind and moon in a box, but is it worth it?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 22, 2024

Luxury meal has a lot to live up to.

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• (bento • boxed lunch • COK • crazy • expensive food • food • lunch deals • luxury food • shinjuku • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo)

McDonald’s creates a dream Japanese bento for April Fools’ Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2024

And here’s how you can create one too. 

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• (April Fools' Day • bento • COK • fast food • food • food hack • hack • Japanese food • Makunouchi bento • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • obento • P.K. Sanjun • taste test)

7-Eleven Japan teams up with two different curry restaurants for one curry dish

• Master Blaster
  Mar 19, 2024

Putting two different restaurants’ foods side by side it a really innovative idea.

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• (7-Eleven • bento • COK • convenience stores • curry • curry rice • Erick South • food • lo bah png • Roka • SNJO)

Kyoto’s Nishiki Market has great bento boxed lunches, and here are our top 3 picks

• SoraNews24
  Mar 5, 2024

Whether you’re looking to eat in the park, along the river, or on the Shinkansen, “Kyoto’s Kitchen” has you covered.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • food • Kyoto • Nishiki Market • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Studio Ghibli bento box collections released just in time for hanami sakura-viewing picnics

• Oona McGee
  Feb 6, 2024

Kiki’s Delivery Service and My Neighbour Totoro are here to add anime flair to your lunch this cherry blossom season. 

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• Japan
• (anime • bento • bento box • bento boxes • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Kiki's Delivery Service • lunch box • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro)

Gunma’s secret-to-us bento soul food stop that all the locals know and love: Torihei【Taste test】

• SoraNews24
  Jan 24, 2024

Our Gunma sources clue us in on a local favorite.

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• (bento • boxed lunches • chicken katsu • COK • food • Gunma • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • teriyaki • travel)

Chaos at unstaffed Japanese bento shop shows pitfalls of technology

• Oona McGee
  Nov 17, 2023

Japan might have a reputation for being high-tech, but it’s still got a lot to learn when it comes to unsupervised shopping.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • cool • food • Japanese food • new • Origin Delica • Seiji Nakazawa • side dishes • SNJO • technology • Tokyo • unmanned shops • unmanned store • unstaffed store)

Famous train station bento boxed lunches, but in a can? Taste-testing canned ekiben【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 5, 2023

There’s only one station in Japan where you can find these canned versions of famous boxed lunches.

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• (bento • boxed lunches • canned food • COK • Ekiben • food • kochin • SNJO • stations • Tajima beef • taste test • trains)

Cute ekiben station bento looks like it’s from Japan but it’s from a different place entirely

• Oona McGee
  Sep 19, 2023

Similar in so many ways, except one which sets them apart.

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• Japan, Taiwan
• (bento • boxed lunch • bullet trains • COK • cute • drinks • Ekiben • food • kanahei • lunch box • lunch box foods • shinkansen • SNJO • Taiwan • tourism • trains • travel • Yui Imai)

Tokyo bento shop sells croquettes…for just one yen!

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2023

That’s US$0.0068, making this the bargain of the year.

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• (bargains • bento • boxed lunch • cheap eats • cheap food • cheapo news • COK • crazy • croquette • croquettes • food • Kitchen DIVE • lunch deals • potatoes • SNJO • special deals • taste test • Tokyo • Ueno)

Japanese bento shop becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2023

An ordinary bento store by Japanese standards is gaining popularity with international tourists.

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• (bento • boxed lunch • cheap eats • cheap food • cheap lunch • cheapo news • COK • food • lunch box • obento • reddit • review • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • tourists)

Tokyo Station’s second-most popular bento is great because of what it isn’t【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 1, 2023

Unassuming inarizushi just might be the best bento to grab at Tokyo Station.

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• Japan
• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • food • inarizushi • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo Station • trains • travel)

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