Open up your eating options on your trip to Tokyo! Shibuya hotels with a microwave oven
Staying in the Shibuya area of Tokyo can be made even more convenient by choosing a hotel with a microwave. This allows you to heat…
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The surprisingly high quality instant curries of 7-Eleven Japan
Convenience stores in Japan are often lauded for having surprisingly quality food that buck some stereotypical images of them being junk food pit stops. In…
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Here are five of the delicious puddings you can buy at 7-Eleven Japan [Product Review]
First-time visitors to Japan are often astonished to discover the variety of products available at 7-Eleven convenience stores. And for those who want to satisfy…
7-Eleven adds to Japan’s maritozzo craze with monster mouthful of chestnut flavor
Maritozzo, cream-stuffed sweet brioche buns originally from Rome, have become quite the trending pastry around Japan, thanks in part to a Fukuoka bakery popularizing them…
Japanese convenience store’s unreasonably long signboard has people scratching their heads
Convenience store signboards are usually built to fit the size of the store’s building. In the case of FamilyMart, one of Japan’s most popular and…
We tried 7-Eleven Japan’s minced beef katsu burger to see if it would satisfy our katsu craving
Especially when you live in Japan, a hot meal of beef or chicken katsu, either with curry or just in a rice bowl, is usually…
Lucky coin chocolates usher in the Year of the Tiger at Japanese 7-Eleven convenience stores
Go-en: The Five Yen coin and why it’s lucky The 5-yen coin in Japan is famous for being a good luck charm. It’s often used…
Attack on Titan anime collabs with Japanese convenience store on colossal onigiri rice ball, goods
Fans of the internationally popular Attack on Titan (進撃の巨人 shingeki no kyojin) franchise are surely looking forward to final season of the anime set to…
Family Mart debuts fried chicken stuffed with cheese dakgalbi
Japanese convenience store Family Mart’s hot food section can be a magnet for fried chicken lovers, especially with their flagship ‘Fami-chiki’, a chunk of fried…
These Five Konbini Bubble Teas Just Changed the Boba Game
A decade ago, it looked like tea was on its way out. The final insignificant item on a menu, or a perfunctory drink given to…
We Visit Tokyo’s New Vegan Convenience Store to Vedge Out on Vegan Goodness
Vegans visiting or living in Japan will tell you that mealtimes can pretty tricky! Japanese food almost always contains traces of meat, dairy, eggs, and…
Japan Opens Up Its First Ever Convenience Store Bar
Convenience stores in Japan are known for truly living up to their name, providing a multitude of services such as being a place to pay…