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Family Mart unleashes sweet cats in Japan for Cat Day, but do they taste as good as they look?
- Oona McGee
Feb 22, 2025 - Tweet
New collection brings the cute to this Japanese convenience store chain for a limited time.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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)
The Häagen-Dazs Japan fukubukuro lucky bag is filled with…ice creams from 2023
- Oona McGee
Jan 5, 2025
A unique way to get a taste of limited-edition flavours from the past.
- Japan
- (COK • fukubukuro • fukubukuro 2025 • Fukubukuro Roundup 2025 • Gotemba • Gotemba Premium Outlets • Häagen-Dazs • Häagen-Dazs Japan • ice cream • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese ice cream • 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)
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.
- 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.
- 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…
- 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.
- 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.
- Japan
- (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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Japan
- (bento • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese sandwiches • konbini • Lawson • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)
7-Eleven “Cream Box” is Japan’s newest must-try convenience store sweet
- Oona McGee
Sep 23, 2024
A unique local specialty, set to become a nationwide comfort food.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bread • COK • combini • convenience stores • cream • Cream Box • food • Fukushima • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • local specialties • local sweets • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
Are Family Mart’s new “exquisite” rice balls worth the high price tag?
- Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2024
Japanese convenience store chain teams up with esteemed restaurants for a new type of onigiri.
- Japan
- (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • family restaurants • food • Japanese Restaurant • konbini • musubi • omusubi • onigiri • review • rice • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)
7-Eleven combines two Japanese convenience store sweets into one for an epic treat
- Oona McGee
Sep 10, 2024
New dessert is heaven for lovers of cream puffs and Japanese puddings.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience stores • cream puff • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • purin • SNJO • sweets • taste test)
7-Eleven Japan now sells fresh-fried doughnuts, but are they any good?【Taste test】
- Oona McGee
Sep 8, 2024
A new release set to shake up the Japanese convenience store food scene.
- Japan
- (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • donuts • doughnuts • food • Go Hatori • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • new • snacks • SNJO • taste test • treats)
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