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The top 5 ice creams you should try at Family Mart convenience stores in Japan this summer

• Oona McGee
  Jul 30, 2024
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Recommendations from staff reveal some unusual icy treats. 

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • Famima • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese ice creams • konbini • SNJO)

Family Mart’s cold ramen is the hottest convenience store meal in Japan right now

• Oona McGee
  Jul 29, 2024

Made by the restaurant that created the first chilled noodles in Japan.

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• Japan
• (COK • cold noodles • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • hiyashi chuka • hiyashi men • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

Lovers of aloe yogurt can rejoice because it’s now in frappe form thanks to Family Mart

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 17, 2024

We sampled the chilly treat to see if it’s worthy of Morinaga’s longtime best-selling yogurt.

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• Japan
• (aloe • COK • convenience store • drink • Family mart • Famima Cafe • frappe • Morinaga • new product • SNJO • yogurt)

Here’s what it’s like to recreate a late-night konbini food binge from a manga in real life

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 10, 2024

We’re probably the only ones who are crazy enough to try this Kaiji spinoff meal at home–though we don’t recommend it for anyone else.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • Ahiruneko • anime • big food • COK • convenience store • convenience stores • food • Hancho • Kaiji • konbini • manga • night • SNJO)

Travelers to Japan can now also eat bonus Korean food thanks to 7-Eleven’s Korean Food Fair

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 4, 2024

We tried out three of the campaign items inspired by popular Korean dishes that left us saying masisseoyo.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • campaign • COK • convenience store • food • gourmet • konbini • Korean • korean food • Snack • SNJO • Twinkle Pop)

Rage against the smoothie machine with this 7-Eleven drink hack【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  May 12, 2024

Not so smooth now…

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • convenience store • drinks • Mitsuya Cider • smoothies • taste test)

Family Mart makes matcha dreams come true with new lineup of strong green tea sweets in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 21, 2024

Convenience store chain dials up the green tea content with a super rich matcha collection.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • Family mart • green tea • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Kyoto • matcha • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test • Uji • Uji Matcha)

Lawson convenience store teaches us how to make okonomiyaki with no knife or bowl 【SoraKitchen】

• Shannon
  Mar 26, 2024

Don’t want to wash dishes? No problem.

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• Japan
• (convenience store • convenience store food • easy recipe • Japanese recipe • Lawson • okonomiyaki • SoraKitchen)

We visited the southernmost and westernmost convenience stores in all of Japan…or so we thought

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 5, 2023

We tried so hard and got so far, but in the end…it turned out to be a disaster.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience store • fail • Family mart • food • Ishigaki Island • konbini • Okinawa • SNJO • southwestern • travel • Yaeyama Islands)

This buttery, garlicky sausage and rice recipe is simple, cheap, and pretty much to die for

• Dale Roll
  Nov 6, 2023

What more could you want in a meal?!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • 7-Premium • COK • convenience store • cooking • easy recipe • food • recipe • rice cooker • rice cooker recipe • sausages • SNJO • SoraKitchen)

This 7-Eleven convenience store causes a buzz with foreigners online

• SoraNews24
  Oct 10, 2023

No other 7-Eleven in Japan can compete with this branch’s claim to fame.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience stores • cool • history • imgur • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • SNJO • Tokyo • Toyosu • unusual • weird)

This Japanese convenience store in Tokyo has a Subway inside it

• Oona McGee
  Sep 4, 2023

You don’t find Family Marts like this every day. 

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • cool • Famichiki • Family mart • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • Subway • Subway sandwich • Tokyo • unusual • weird)

Japanese convenience store food takes a walk on the weird side with…cup pork?

• Oona McGee
  Aug 18, 2023

New range of Japanese dishes, ready in less time than it takes to make instant ramen!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store • Family mart • food • instant food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • Japanese sweets • konbini • Lawson • Masanuki Sunakoma • pork • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese convenience store pasta called “a monstrosity” by foreigners online

• SoraNews24
  Aug 17, 2023

Italians are crying over this 7-Eleven pasta dish, but is it really that bad?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • pasta • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese convenience store creates a frappe from a popular candy

• Oona McGee
  Aug 7, 2023

Family Mart frappes are becoming more iconic by the day.

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• Japan
• (candy • combini • convenience store • drinks • Family mart • frappes • Japanese candy • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sweets • konbini • Ramune • taste test • yoghurt • Yoglet • yogurt)

Japanese convenience store fools us with its 40-percent-more sandwich, but in a good way

• Oona McGee
  Aug 2, 2023

Family Mart is upsizing over a dozen products for a limited time, but they’re being more generous than they let on. 

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• Japan
• (chicken katsu • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwiches • konbini • sandwiches • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese convenience store’s new chicken katsu sandwich looks deceptive…but is it?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 17, 2023

We investigate another possible case of a “paper tiger” sandwich in Japan.

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• Japan
• (chicken katsu • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwiches • konbini • sandwiches • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

Japan super budget dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Family Mart?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 15, 2023

10 cheap meals you can make at this famous Japanese convenience store chain.

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• Japan
• (1000 yen • cheap food • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • senbero • SNJO • taste test)

Japan’s brown Lawson convenience store: a unique find in a rural setting

• Oona McGee
  Jul 9, 2023

Unusual colour scheme celebrates the local area. 

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• Japan
• (Akaushi • architecture • clever • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience stores • cool • design • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Kumamoto • Lawson • SNJO • Takashi Harada • travel • Wagyu)

Japanese convenience store sandwich becomes a hot topic on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 22, 2023

7-Eleven sandwich wins foreign fans so we head out to try it.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • cream • cream sandwich • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sandwiches • konbini • reddit • sandwiches • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

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