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We visit a Lawson in Indonesia to see if it can satisfy our cravings for Japanese snacks

• Dale Roll
  Dec 23, 2023
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Will it have everything we want and more? Only a visit will find out!

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• (Aqil Rahmansyah • convenience stores • Indonesia • Lawson • oden • 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)

You can enjoy traditional Japanese New Year’s osechi eats on a budget with Lawson Store 100

• Shannon
  Dec 6, 2023

Slight price increases don’t stop them from being affordable.

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• Japan
• (affordable • Japanese New Year • Lawson • Lawson 100 • osechi • osechi ryori • tradition • traditional food)

Convenience Store Private Brand Showdown: Which of Japan’s Big Three has the best beef curry?

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 19, 2023

With Japan’s three biggest convenience store chains now all having their own premium brands, it’s time to see whose makes our stomachs the happiest.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • Convenience Store Private Brand Showdown • convenience stores • curry • curry rice • Family mart • food • instant curry • Lawson • SNJO • taste test)

Gum with no flavor on sale at Lawson convenience stores across Japan【Tasteless test】

• Master Blaster
  Nov 8, 2023

You can’t say it tastes bad…

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• Japan
• (candy • chewing gum • convenience stores • food • gum • Lawson • Lotte • No Taste? Candy • No Taste? Gum)

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)

Japanese convenience store’s sweet potato dessert drinks and coffee may have you skip Starbucks

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 25, 2023

Lawson rolls out new sweet potato drinks at its special cafe-menu stores.

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• Japan
• (coffee • COK • convenience stores • drinks • Lawson • Machi Cafe • Machi Cafe Plus • SNJO • sweet potatoes • sweets • taste test)

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)

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 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)

Which Japanese convenience store has the best salted onigiri rice balls?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 19, 2023

A surprising new-and-improved contender from Lawson might just steal your heart this year.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Lawson • Mini Stop • musubi • omusubi • onigiri • rice balls • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese convenience store Lawson releases light-up sign stand, tote and pouch in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jun 13, 2023

Shut up and take our money!!!

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience stores • cool • Japanese convenience stores • konbini • Lawson • lights • merchandise • pouches • tote bags)

Legend of Zelda-flavor fried chicken coming to convenience stores in Japan, other Hyrule chow too

• Casey Baseel
  May 9, 2023

Time to get a taste of Nintendo’s newest adventure.

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• Japan
• (Breath of the Wild • conveneince stores • drinks • food • fried chicken • karaage kun • Lawson • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • Tears of the Kingdom • video games • Zelda)

Lawson convenience stores now offering subscription service for one free coffee daily for a month

• Dale Roll
  Apr 8, 2023

If you regularly stop for a Machi Cafe coffee, this could save you a ton of money!

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• Japan
• (Aichi Prefecture • coffee • convenience store • drinks • Lawson • Machi Cafe • subscription • subscription pricing • subscription service)

A visit to Green Lawson, the futuristic Japanese convenience store where you get served by an avatar

• Oona McGee
  Apr 4, 2023

Strangely, this convenience store turns out to be surprisingly inconvenient…

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• Japan
• (avatars • bento • combini • convenience store • cool • ecological • environment • environmentally friendly • food • konbini • Lawson • marketing • Mr. Sato • new • remote work • self-checkout • technology • unstaffed store)

Which Japanese convenience store has the best koppepan hot dog buns?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 27, 2023

7-Eleven, Lawson and Family Mart go head to head in the battle of the bread buns. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • bread • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • Japanese bread • koppe pan • Lawson • review • rolls • SNJO • taste test)

Message to foreigners at Japanese convenience store sparks controversy online

• Oona McGee
  Mar 5, 2023

Attempt to curtail customer rudeness comes off as incredibly rude.

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• Japan
• (conbini • convenience stores • customer service • food • foreigner • foreigners in Japan • foreigners living in Japan • kombini • konbini • Lawson • snacks)

Lawson convenience stores up-sizing several items by 47 percent, but for the same price, for February

• Master Blaster
  Feb 1, 2023

The move is intended to provide relief from rising prices.

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• Japan
• (business • food • large portions • Lawson • onigiri • Premium Roll Cake • price increase • roll cake • shopping • yakisoba bread)

Lawson selling a pastry based on a pastry based on a uniquely Osakan pastry

• Master Blaster
  Dec 22, 2022

Good bakers copy, great bakers steal.

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• Japan
• (baked goods • convenience stores • food • junk food • Kansai • Kobeya • Lawson • melonpan • Osaka • regional tastes • Sanmi • Yonmi)

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