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We try the new Family Mart Uji matcha sweets before they go on sale in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2025
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Find out which of these green tea treats is worth the calories.

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• Japan
• (cakes • COK • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • green tea • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • matcha • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Uji Matcha)

Family Mart releases new collection of Uji matcha sweets to make green tea lovers swoon

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2025

Matcha fair includes gummies, freeze-dried strawberries, and a special secret gem from Gion Tsujiri.

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • freeze dried strawberries • green tea • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • matcha • matcha chocolate • Matcha Fair • matcha strawberries • matcha sweets • Uji Matcha)

Minnaka: New unstaffed convenience store opens in Tokyo with cheap bentos and Costco food

• Oona McGee
  Mar 9, 2025

Japanese entrepreneur reimagines the convenience store with unique features for customers.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • Costco • curry • drinks • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Minnaka • SNJO)

Family Mart releases new rice balls with Bongo, Japan’s most famous onigiri restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Mar 3, 2025

Shohei Ohtani is the ambassador for this new collaboration, and we’ve got the scoop on whether it’s worth spending money on.

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• Japan
• (Bongo • COK • combini • convenience stores • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • marketing • onigiri • P.K. Sanjun • rice balls • Seiji Nakazawa • Shohei Ohtani • SNJO • taste test)

7-Eleven Japan’s sweet potato smoothie goes viral on social media

• Oona McGee
  Feb 26, 2025

No other convenience store drink stands up to this one right now.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • roasted sweet potatoes • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • sweet potato • sweet potatoes • taste test)

Family Mart unleashes sweet cats in Japan for Cat Day, but do they taste as good as they look?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 22, 2025

New collection brings the cute to this Japanese convenience store chain for a limited time.

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• Japan
• (animals • Cat Day • cats • COK • combini • convenience stores • cute • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Family Mart becomes Family Nyart with new range of sweets for Cat Day in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Feb 22, 2025

Japanese convenience store chain serves up the cutest treats for cat lovers.

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• Japan
• (Cat Day • cats • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • Coony • cute • drinks • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • marketing • Mofusand • SNJO)

Lawson convenience stores now sell see-through pudding in Japan 【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Feb 3, 2025

New “Can You See It? Purin” sends a clear message to the taste buds.

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• Japan
• (caramel • clear • clear sweets • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • creme caramel • Japanese convenience stores • jelly • konbini • Lawson • pudding • purin • see-through • snacks • SNJO • sweets • transparent)

7-Eleven Japan’s most popular product with foreign tourists is…a unique chocolate gummy

• Oona McGee
  Jan 30, 2025

Sweet treat flies under the radar for locals, but becomes a massive hit with overseas visitors.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chocolate • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • food • gummies • gummy • gummy candies • gummy candy • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • sweets • tourists)

7-Eleven pancakes become a hit with American tourists in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 27, 2025

There’s a unique way Americans like to eat this convenience store sweet.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chicken • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • food • fried chicken • hack • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • pancakes • SNJO • taste test)

Family Mart releases a fukubukuro lucky bag packed with cool Convenience Wear

• Oona McGee
  Jan 5, 2025

Chain’s viral fashion now comes in a convenient limited-edition pack that fans are scrambling for.

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• Japan
• (clothes • COK • combini • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • Family mart • fashion • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • love live • lucky bag • lucky bag 2025 • Lucky Bag Roundup 2025 • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • manga • new year • New Year's • New Year's 2025 • SNJO • socks • taste test)

What’s in a Family Mart lucky bag?

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2024

Japanese convenience store serves up two fukubukuro packed with surprises.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • lucky bag • lucky bag 2025 • lucky bags 2025 • SNJO • taste test)

Travel to a Japanese convenience store at an active volcano

• Oona McGee
  Dec 5, 2024

It’s a Lawson, but not as we know it…

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience stores • Family mart • island • Japanese convenience stores • Kagoshima • konbini • Lawson • Sakurajima • SNJO • travel • volcano)

Looking for a Japanese convenience store souvenir? Seicomart has a legendary hit product for fans

• Oona McGee
  Dec 4, 2024

Wear your love for this famous chain loud and proud.

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• Japan
• (clothing • COK • combini • convenience store finds • convenience stores • fashion • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sweets • konbini • Seicomart • SNJO • souvenirs)

7-Eleven Japan releases fukubukuro lucky bags filled with convenience store surprises

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2024

Cute details that konbini lovers will go mad for.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience stores • cool • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lucky Bags • lucky bags 2025 • SNJO)

Japanese convenience store chain adds Neo Wagashi sweets to its lineup

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2024

Family Mart turns tradition on its head with a new take on two well-known Japanese sweets.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • daifuku • dorayaki • Family mart • food • Japanese sweets • konbini • matcha • SNJO • sweets • taste test • wagashi)

Cat paw yoghurt is now a thing in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Nov 5, 2024

Heal yourself with the taste of a squishy feline foot filled with loads of good bacteria.

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• Japan
• (cat paw • cat paws • cats • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • cute • GABA • konbini • new product • SNJO • taste test • weird • yoghurt • yogurt)

7-Eleven releases a secret Cafe Latte Smoothie at select stores in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Oct 23, 2024

A new discovery that’s taking customers totally by surprise.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • cafe latte • coffee • coffees • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Mr. Sato • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese convenience store chain releases new Immoral Konbini Food for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Oct 14, 2024

We try two of the unbelievable new offerings from Family Mart.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • Family mart • food • Gonbei • konbini • omusubi • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese convenience store releases a new bento sandwich, but is it better than a bento rice ball?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 10, 2024

“Built-in” bentos are currently transforming the konbini food scene.

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• Japan
• (bento • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese sandwiches • konbini • Lawson • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)

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