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Which Japanese convenience store sells the best pizzas?【Taste test】
Lawson, Family Mart and 7-Eleven go head-to-head in a cheesy showdown. To celebrate Pizza Day in Japan on 20 November, in honour of the birthday of Queen Margherita of Italy, our Japanese-language...
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Which Japanese convenience store sells the best onigiri rice balls?【Taste test】
Mr Sato gives us his verdict, and stumbles upon the Onigi Remix — a new way to combine them and eat them all! Last year, we verified the contents of all the sandwiches being sold by Japan’s top three...
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Which Japanese convenience store sells the best beef stew?【Taste test】
Lawson, Family Mart and 7-Eleven battle it out for victory over our taste buds. As we head into the deep, dark depths of winter, our bellies are beginning to crave warming meals like hearty stews. For...
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Lawson convenience store sets up shop in Japan’s Parareal Akihabara metaverse
Those stores really are everywhere. To call the convenience store business in Japan “competitive” is an understatement. This battlefield is home to a wide range of chains dominated by the big three:...
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Which Japanese convenience store sells the best butter chicken?【Taste test】
Lawson, Family Mart and 7-Eleven go head-to-head in this curry showdown! After hunting down Japan’s best convenience store beef stew, our Japanese-language reporter Mr Sato went on a new hunt, this...
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Which Japanese convenience store has the best steamed pork buns?【Taste test】
We visit Japan’s big three combini, plus one dark horse contender, on our search for nikuman bliss. Once upon a time, Japanese convenience stores only sold steamed buns in the fall and winter, under...
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Which Japanese convenience store sells the best pizza bun?【Taste test】
Lawson, Family Mart, 7-Eleven and Mini Stop are all in the running for the top spot. This winter, we’ve been visiting the country’s top convenience store chains, comparing some of their food...
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Which Japanese convenience store has the best steamed curry buns?【Taste test】
Family Mart? 7-Eleven? Or a dark horse contender? Join us on this steaming hot konbini odyssey. After giving us his verdict on the best convenience store Pizza Man, which is what pizza-flavoured manju...
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Which convenience store sells the best Japanese Christmas cakes?
Ho ho…huh? After testing some of the country’s best convenience store pizzas and beef stews, Mr Sato, our resident found hound — yes, hound — felt it was his duty to test out a seasonal specialty —...
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Which Japanese convenience store has the best premium pork buns?
This steaming hot showdown between Family Mart, Lawson and 7-Eleven produces a very surprising result. In Japan, winter is the perfect time to enjoy a convenience store steamed bun, which is why our...
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Which Japanese convenience store has the best plain onigiri rice balls?
Lawson, 7-Eleven and Family Mart go head-to-head in this konbini battle but there can only be one winner. Japanese convenience stores sell a wide variety of rice balls, containing all sorts of...
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The difference between onigiri rice balls in Tokyo and Osaka
There’s a reason why this convenience store staple tastes different in these regions. The other day, a programme on Japanese TV triggered a buzz on the Internet when it commented on the deliciousness...
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Karaage-kun pouches sold bundled with a magazine chronicling the fried...
Feed your mind and fashion sense with this stylishly simulated snack. There are few fried chicken brands in Japan as endearing as Karaage-kun, having celebrated its 35th year as Lawson convenience...
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Deep-fried delight – Taste testing the menchi katsu from four Japanese...
Four chains, five cutlets, and one very full stomach. There’s lots of tempting stuff inside Japanese convenience stores, but our willpower gets especially low when we’re near the case of fried foods...
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Weirdest convenience store drink in Japan? New drinkable Happy Turn makes...
Mystery “happy powder” does not make us happy. If you’re looking to try a very Japanese snack that’s so popular it’s a household name, you can’t go past Happy Turn rice crackers. Made by leading...
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Curry and lassi ice creams: Like eating cubes of frozen curry roux
Some convenience store ice creams aren’t as great as you think they’ll be. Japanese confectionery company Imuraya is a red bean confectionery specialist best known for its super popular Azuki Bar ice...
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Japanese convenience store’s newest rice ball filling: Nothing at all, and...
Mr. Sato gets creative with Lawson 100 Store’s new Rice Buns. When you’re feeling hungry in Japan, you can always count on the onigiri (rice ball) rack at the convenience store to solve your problem....
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Foreign Lawson employees claim unfair treatment such as forced sushi and...
Ehomaki are great, but it’s important to buy them on our own terms. For quite some time now the number of foreign-born employees at places such as convenience stores has been steadily rising. I kind...
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This Japanese vending machine wants to help you with the washing up
But how does it compare to what’s on offer at the Lawson convenience store? We’re always on the lookout for weird vending machines that don’t fit the mould of the regular ones that dispense drinks on...
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Which Japanese convenience store has the best miso vegetable stick...
For those combini runs where you want something healthier than melon bread and Asahi Super Dry. Japanese convenience stores are filled with all sorts of irresistibly delicious indulgences. Whether...
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