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Pair Japanese whisky with convenience store fried chicken at new Konbini Bar in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Sep 27, 2022
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Lawson’s first-ever convenience store bar looks set to be a great place to unwind on the cheap.

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• (bars • beer • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • highball • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese whisky • karaage kun • konbini • Lawson • new openings • Osake no Museum • shinjuku • Tokyo • Whiskey • whisky)

Lawson announces new human-controlled digital avatars at store registers starting this fall

• Krista Rogers
  Sep 26, 2022

One of Japan’s top convenience store chains plans to introduce digital avatars at over 200 stores in the next three years.

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• (avatars • convenience store • digital • konbini • labor shortage • Lawson)

Japanese convenience store chain creates a burger-flavoured steamed bun, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 23, 2022

Family Mart x Mos Burger collaboration opens new doors for konbini food.

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • fast food • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Mos Burger • nikuman • review • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)

Tinder just opened a convenience store in Japan, aimed at adults only

• Oona McGee
  Sep 22, 2022

SwipeMart made romantic dreams come true, and now there are hopes it’ll spread around the country.

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• (COK • combini • convenience stores • cool • dating • dating in Japan • konbini • love • online dating • pop-up • romance • Shibuya • SwipeMart • Tinder • Tokyo)

Family Mart and Mos Burger join forces for a special new steamed bun in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Sep 16, 2022

Japanese convenience store food just got even better.

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• (combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • cool • Family mart • fast food • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Mos Burger • nikuman • steamed buns)

PewDiePie tries “every” Japanese snack and this is how people in Japan reacted to it

• SoraNews24
  Sep 15, 2022

Some Japanese snacks reign supreme, while others appear to be shameful. 

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• Japan
• (combini • conveniece stores • convenience store food • food • gamers • Japanese convenience stores • japanese snacks • konbini • Lawson • PewDiePie • property • snacks • video games • videos • YouTube • YouTubers)

When a Japanese convenience store opens in the countryside…

• Oona McGee
  Sep 2, 2022

7-Eleven comes to a rural town, and we’re one of the first to walk through its doors.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • combini • convenience stores • country life • countryside • inaka • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Kumamoto • Minamiaso • SNJO)

Weiner Onigiri: Japanese convenience store rice ball has a surprise in store for Mr Sato

• Oona McGee
  Jul 4, 2022

Celebration sausage opens our mouth to a new way of eating. 

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• Japan
• (COK • combini • convenience store • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson Store 100 • Mr. Sato • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • unusual • Weiner • weird)

Famima Laundry: Japanese convenience store adds laundromat to store in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Jun 20, 2022

Welcome to the Famima laundromat!

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• Japan
• (coin laundry • COK • combini • convenience store • Family mart • Famima Laundry • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • laundromats • SNJO • Tokyo • unusual • weird)

Japanese convenience store teams up with centuries-old matcha shop for a very modern tea ceremony

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2022

Family Mart gives us a tea ceremony to go this summer.

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• (combini • convenience store • drinks • Family mart • frappes • green tea • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese sweets • Kanbayashi Shunsho Honten • konbini • matcha • taste test • Uji)

Weirdest convenience store drink in Japan? New drinkable Happy Turn makes stomachs turn

• Oona McGee
  May 25, 2022

Mystery “happy powder” does not make us happy. 

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• Japan
• (combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • food • Happy Turn • Japanese convenience stores • japanese snacks • konbini • Lawson • Mr. Sato • snacks • taste test • Tokyo • weird • weird food)

New convenience store chain to rival 7-Eleven opens in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2022

The company behind beef bowl chain Sukiya and conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain Hama Sushi now have their own konbini.

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• (7-Eleven • bento • COK • combini • convenience • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • Gunma • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • new • Seico Mart • SNJO • taste test • travel)

Family Mart’s new Hotcake Soufflé Pudding proves Japanese convenience stores have the best sweets

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2022

New release serves up three delicious desserts in one cup.

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• (COK • combini • convenience stores • desserts • Family mart • food • hotcakes • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • pancakes • purin • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

New hot natural spring water at 7-Eleven proves Japanese convenience stores really are convenient

• Oona McGee
  Feb 26, 2022

Surprising beverage exemplifies the chain’s commitment to customer service.

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• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience • convenience stores • drinks • hot water • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • SNJO • spring water • taste test • water)

Japanese convenience store or Japanese supermarket: Which one is cheaper?

• Oona McGee
  Feb 1, 2022

Popular drinks and snacks in Japan really do come with different price tags.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience stores • finances • food • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • money • prices • saving money • Savings • shopping • snacks • SNJO • supermarkets • sweets • Test)

Which Japanese convenience store sells the best pizza bun?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 22, 2021

Lawson, Family Mart, 7-Eleven and Mini Stop are all in the running for the top spot.  

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • konbini • Lawson • manju • Mini Stop • pizza • pizza buns • SNJO • steamed buns • taste test)

Which Japanese convenience store sells the best butter chicken?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 15, 2021

Lawson, Family Mart and 7-Eleven go head-to-head in this curry showdown!

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • butter chicken • cheap • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • curry • Family mart • food • indian curry • konbini • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese convenience store’s new “phantom” cream doughnuts are sinfully good

• Oona McGee
  Dec 10, 2021

They’re marketed as doughnuts but they actually taste like something else.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • combini • convenience stores • donuts • doughnuts • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • SNJO • sweets • taste test)

Which Japanese convenience store sells the best beef stew?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Dec 1, 2021

Lawson, Family Mart and 7-Eleven battle it out for victory over our taste buds.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • cheap • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • Family mart • food • konbini • Lawson • Margherita • pizza • pizzas • SNJO • taste test)

Which Japanese convenience store sells the best onigiri rice balls?【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 30, 2021

Mr Sato gives us his verdict, and stumbles upon the Onigi Remix — a new way to combine them and eat them all! 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • cheap • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • crazy • Family mart • food • konbini • Lawson • Margherita • pizza • pizzas • SNJO • taste test)

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