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Family Mart service brings local Hokkaido goods to your local convenience store this month

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 3, 2025
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Beat the heat by ordering some delectable products from Japan’s northernmost island using the Famima Online service.

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• Japan
• (campaign • convenience store • Family mart • Famima Online • FamiPay • farming • Hokkaido • konbini • local • online)

What’s inside a Family Mart Grand Opening Lucky Bag?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 30, 2025

We join the party at a new convenience store opening in Japan. 

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • Family mart • food • food review • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

We enjoy sheer searing bliss with the help of a fun new torching tool from Family Mart

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 18, 2025

There’s a fine line between playing and experimenting with food…make that ten different foods, to see which one was most on fire.

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• Japan
• (aburishi • COK • convenience store • cooking • experiment • Family mart • gadget • konbini • SNJO • tool • torch)

Is 7-Eleven’s new anko butter burrito un-bean-lievably bad, or burrito bliss?

• Krista Rogers
  Jun 18, 2025

We spill the beans on 7-Eleven Japan’s latest fusion food.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • anko • burrito • butter • COK • convenience store • food • fusion • konbini • red bean • SNJO)

Family Mart is giving away free socks for your ice cream in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 4, 2025

Testing the convenience of Convenience Wear.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience stores • Convenience Wear • Family mart • food • food review • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Line Socks • papico • SNJO • socks • sweets • taste test)

7-Eleven Japan releases new must-try sweets that are a hit with customers

• Oona McGee
  Jun 1, 2025

Convenience store chain has frozen surprises waiting for you this summer.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • crepes • food • ice cream • imagawayaki • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • pancakes • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Lawson changes its iconic egg sandwich, makes it bigger but smaller at the same time

• Oona McGee
  Apr 28, 2025

Japanese convenience store icon gets a whole new look.

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• Japan
• (Anthony Bourdain • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sandwich • convenience stores • egg sandwich • egg sandwiches • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • news • snacks • SNJO • sweets)

Family Mart serves up Japanese nostalgia with new frozen choco banana that’s a sell-out hit

• Oona McGee
  Apr 27, 2025

There’s more to this iced treat than first meets the eye.

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• Japan
• (banana • bananas • choco banana • chocolate banana • COK • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • festivals • food • food review • fruit • japanese banana • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • nostalgia • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

7-Eleven adds U.S.A. orange chicken to its range in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 24, 2025

Can this convenience store chain give Panda Express a run for its money?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chicken • COK • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • orange chicken • SNJO • taste test)

Japan Super Budget Dining – What’s the best way to spend 1,000 yen at Lawson?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 17, 2025

11 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 • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

The heartwarming impact of convenience store donation boxes in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Apr 16, 2025

Little-known konbini feature reveals new insights into the top three chains.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • charity • COK • combini • convenience store finds • convenience stores • donation box • donations • Family mart • fundraising • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • SNJO)

Starbucks vs 7-Eleven: Which chain serves up the best acai drink in Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 7, 2025

On-trend flavour put to the test in this Smoothie-Frappuccino showdown.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • acai • COK • combini • convenience stores • drinks • food • Frappuccino • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese Frappuccino • konbini • My Fruits³ Frappuccino • smoothie • smoothies • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Family Mart releases new “raw” bread collection that bucks tradition, messes with your mind

• Oona McGee
  Apr 1, 2025

Shironama breads shake up the Japanese convenience store food scene.

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• (bread • breads • COK • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • croissant • Family mart • food • Japanese bread • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • koppepan • SNJO • taste test)

7-Eleven Japan’s new acai smoothie becomes a hit with customers

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2025

Run, don’t walk, to try this special limited-edition drink.

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

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

• Oona McGee
  Mar 30, 2025

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)

7-Eleven Japan teams up with gourmet Mochizuki-san manga for a line of hefty, bingeable foods

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 24, 2025

It’s a collaboration that seemed destined to happen, but will the real deal meet the high expectations–and high calories–of the popular manga? 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • Ahiruneko • bento • binge-eating • campaign • COK • convenience store • dokagui • Dokagui Daisuki • konbini • manga • Mochizuki-san • rice ball • SNJO)

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