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Experimenting with making hot sandwiches in the microwave with a device from Japan’s 3COINS

• Elliot Hale
  5 days ago
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Can you really get crispy grill-marked sandwiches without the grill?

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One of Japan’s best convenience store egg sandwiches is one you won’t find at the big three chains

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 4, 2026

Even if you can’t go every day, here’s why you should go to Daily Yamazaki today.

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• (COK • convenience stores • Daily Yamazaki • egg sandwiches • eggs • food • Japanese conveneience stores • Japanese egg sandwiches • sandwiches • SNJO • taste test)

Starbucks Japan says sayonara to the Filone for new sandwiches and a Pumpkin Soupuccino

• Oona McGee
  Oct 3, 2026

Things are changing at Starbucks, but is it for the better?

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Japanese airport offering 19,250-yen sandwiches as last Japan meal for international travelers

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 24, 2026

If you want one last taste of Japanese luxury, Kansai International Airport has a restaurant that says it can give it to you in just five minutes.

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• (airports • beef • fast food • food • Japan travel • Kansai International Airport • Kobe beef • sandwiches • steak • travel)

7-Eleven Japan releases a Kebab Sandwich… but does it really taste like a street-stall kebab?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 15, 2026

We find out if a convenience store kebab can compete with the real thing.

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7-Eleven Japan rethinks convenience store sandwiches with a wild new choc-mint variety

• Oona McGee
  Aug 3, 2026

Convenience store chain tests our limits by turning the divisive flavour into a cream sandwich.

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Taco sandwiches appear in Japan with new Lunch Pack sandwich pocket flavor[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 22, 2026

Yamazaki’s beloved series branches out with a new fluffy taco offering.

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• (COK • food • Lunch Pack • sandwich pockets • sandwiches • SNO • tacos • taste test • Yamazaki • Yamazaki Baking)

7-Eleven Japan releases new sandwich that technically contains fruit but isn’t a fruit sandwich

• Oona McGee
  Jul 16, 2026

Japanese convenience store chain makes us rethink the fruit sando with a beautiful new release.

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Japan now has a takoyaki sandwich…created by a Michelin-listed restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Jul 15, 2026

Osaka’s popular street food gets a new life in sandwich form.

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7-Eleven Japan reimagines the fruit sando with new chocolate bread version

• Oona McGee
  Jul 13, 2026

This might look like brown bread, but there’s nothing savoury about it. 

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7-Eleven Japan now has Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches, but how do they taste?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 7, 2026

Vietnam’s star sandwich reaches a new milestone on the road to mainstream popularity in Japan.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • banh mi • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • sandwiches • SNO)

7-Eleven Japan now sells a tiny dessert burger but is this convenience store sweet worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Jul 3, 2026

Forget sweet sandos, 7-Eleven wants us to explore the world of sweet burgers.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • burgers • convenience store • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store sweets • convenience stores • desserts • food • Japanese convenience stores • sandwiches • SNJO • sweets • sweets sandwiches)

7-Eleven Japan’s new sweets burger is a mouthwatering philosophical debate

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 24, 2026

Does this qualify as a new addition to the convenience store’s lineup of sweets sandwiches, or should it be considered something different?

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • food • sandwiches • sweets • sweets sandwiches)

Cheap Japanese sandwich hack: Popular cafe’s 21-cent white bread offcuts will really up your game

• Oona McGee
  Jun 23, 2026

A smart way to beat rising prices and eat on the cheap like a local in Japan.

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7-Eleven Japan to start selling Vietnamese banh mi sandwiches this summer

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 19, 2026

Rising star in Japan’s foodie scene is making its 7-Eleven debut.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • banh mi • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • sandwiches)

7-Eleven Japan reinvents convenience store fruit sandwiches with new salty pink sakura peach variety

• Oona McGee
  Jun 12, 2026

We find out if salty sakura pink bread is really a good way forward for the chain.  

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7-Eleven Japan releases a chocolate chip sandwich… that tastes like ice cream

• Oona McGee
  Jun 10, 2026

This chilled sando is a convenience store must-try.

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7-Eleven Japan adds macaroni cheese sandwiches to its convenience store food range

• Oona McGee
  May 20, 2026

New “one piece” sandwich looks set to be another sell-out hit for the popular chain.

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7-Eleven Japan is releasing Greedy chocolate chip and whipped cream sandwiches

• Casey Baseel
  May 15, 2026

We’re not sure if we can say greed is good, but it does look delicious.

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• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • chocolate • COK • convenience stores • crazy • food • Japanese convenience stores • sandwiches • sweets)

Japan releases new ramen sandwiches… that don’t taste like ramen

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2026

Lunch Pack falls flat in the noodles-and-bread department, but there is a silver lining.

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• (food • iekei ramen • Lunch Pack • Noodles • pocket sandwiches • ramen • ramen sandwich • sandwich pockets • sandwiches • taste test • Yamazaki Baking)

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