7-Eleven heaven! No trip to the Land of the Rising Sun is complete without a 7-Eleven Japan trip – from bento boxes to egg sandwiches, onigiri to karaage, Japanese 7-Eleven ‘konbini’ stores have got you covered for cheap and convenient snacks. Although sit-down Japanese restaurants are wonderful and Japanese food is always so tasty, sometimes […]
Category Archives: CONVENIENCE STORES
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Aug
Aug
Convenience stores in Japan (known as ‘konbinis’) are big business – there are over 55,000 thousand konbinis in Japan, the largest of which is 7-Eleven Japan with 22,000 stores! From konbini bento boxes to oden hot counters and oodles of noodles, no trip to Japan is complete without at least one trip to a convenience […]
CONVENIENCE STORES, OSAKA, QUIRKY JAPAN
Cult of Dragon Quest Lawson – a themed convenience store, Osaka
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Feb
Feb
2025 update – the Dragon Quest Lawson in Osaka has now closed. Game on! We loved themed convenience stores so when he heard about a Dragon Quest themed Lawson in Osaka, we just knew we had to visit for ourselves. A novel thing to do in Nipponbashi, the DragonQuest themed konbini will bring out your […]
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Sep
Sep
Heading to Hokkaido or off to Sapporo soon? Then keep an eye out for the Seicomart convenience store chain, unique to Hokkaido and bigger than 7-Eleven or Japan in this part of Japan. Rated as one of the best convenience stores in Japan with their own in store bakeries and ‘Hot Chef’ counters, Seicomart Japan […]
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