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Which Japanese convenience store has the best onsen tamago hot spring eggs?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 13, 2024
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We put 7-Eleven, Family Mart and Lawson to the test in this battle between runny eggs. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience stores • eggs • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • onsen eggs • onsen tamago • SNJO • taste test)

Lawson drops our Christmas cake, responds with god-like customer service

• Oona McGee
  Dec 21, 2023

Japanese customer service pulls through to make up for a sweet tragedy.

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• Japan
• (cakes • Christmas cakes • Christmas in Japan • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

7-Eleven Japan’s new Uji Matcha Bavarois keeps an old sweets store’s tradition alive

• Oona McGee
  Dec 11, 2023

One of Tokyo’s most famous sweets stores may have closed, but this new dessert honours its legacy.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bavarois • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Japanese convenience stores • Kinozen • konbini • Mariko Ohanabatake • matcha • review • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

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)

Japanese convenience store chain wows us with its hidden street food

• Oona McGee
  Nov 13, 2023

This is one product that’s too good to be kept a secret.

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• Japan
• (Bao • bao buns • bread • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • fried chicken • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Ministop • SNJO • taste test)

Mega Yakisoba Pan takes Japanese convenience store food to crazy new places

• Oona McGee
  Oct 28, 2023

Convenience store chain’s extreme yakisoba bread is even frightening the locals.

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• Japan
• (bread • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • food • fried noodles • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese noodles • konbini • Lawson • Mr. Sato • Noodles • SNJO • taste test • weird • yakisoba • yakisoba bread • yakisoba pan)

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)

Onigiri Bread from Japanese convenience store chain changes everything we know about rice balls

• Oona McGee
  Sep 28, 2023

And that’s not all — there’s a curry bread rice cake coming too. 

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • curry bread • food • karepan • konbini • Lawson Store 100 • Lunch Pack • new • onigiri • rice ball • rice balls • sweets • weird • yakisoba • yakisoba bread • yakisoba sandwich)

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)

7-Eleven apologises for cockroaches in onigiri rice balls

• SoraNews24
  Aug 5, 2023

Recall issued for thousands of rice balls following customer complaints. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • cockroach • combini • contamination • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • food contamination • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • news • onigiri • recall • rice balls • Saitama)

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)

Are high-end convenience store rice balls really packed with more ingredients?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 22, 2023

We settle a konbini debate once and for all!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • onigiri • rice balls • 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)

Japanese convenience store Lawson unveils a new type of egg sandwich

• Oona McGee
  Jul 13, 2023

Two different sandwiches in one pack, but which one tastes better?

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • egg sandwich • egg sandwiches • eggs • food • konbini • Lawson • plant-based • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test • vegan • vegetarian)

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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