Like most Japanese convenience stores, MINISTOP has quite the selection of hot treats, like cream cheese-stuffed fried chicken, but it’s really built up its fanbase…

As part of their campaign project “Anata no ureshi (For your happiness)”, Japanese convenience store FamilyMart has collaborated with Pokémon and its popular Nintendo/smartphone puzzle…

Watermelon is a go-to summertime treat in Japan, so you can bet that when the heat and humidity come around the corner, many sweets lovers…

Convenience stores in Japan are known for a lot more than just being a place to load up on snacks. You can handle shipping, buy…

Japanese convenience stores certainly live up to their name. On top of surprisingly delicious findings such as gourmet egg sandwiches, customers can handle other errands…

While it may be hard to rank the contenders for Japan’s best convenience store fried chicken (tartar sauce stuffed karaage nuggets being a recent favorite),…

When it comes to the hot food section of Japanese convenience stores, you can make a pretty strong argument that Lawson’s Karaage-kun is king. The…

While tasty sandwiches and even butter chicken curry are among the many offerings that sometimes cause people expecting glum convenience store fare be surprised by…

The many delights of 7-Eleven have been known to surprise the taste buds of visitors from overseas, sometimes captivating foreign media. While many may focus…

The temperatures here in Japan are finally warming up and it feels like Spring is around the corner. If you’re a fan of soft-serve ice…

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…

7-Eleven Japan has quite the impressive selection of sandwiches, but we recently had our eyes caught by this delicious looking sweets-sandwich called the Noukou (Rich)…

In addition to their new “drinkable soft serve ice cream”, Japanese convenience store Mini Stop has unveiled a fall lineup of sweets called the Guru…

Of all the myriad of beverage options found Japanese vending machines and convenience stores, one of the most eye-catching can be the “drinkable” version of…

7-Eleven in Japan can often surprise customers with a middling view of convenience store eats with its quality of food, offering a variety of sandwiches…