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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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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 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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New convenience store chain to rival 7-Eleven opens in Japan
The company behind beef bowl chain Sukiya and conveyor belt sushi restaurant chain Hama Sushi now have their own konbini. You’ve probably heard of Japan’s most famous convenience store chains, Family...
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We find one simple ingredient that makes bland carbonara totally delicious...
The best part is that it’s not hard to find, and you only need a dash of it! Japanese convenience stores are famous for their delicious eats, enough to grab the attention of Tokyo Olympics reporters...
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Taste testing 7-Eleven Japan’s five frozen curries to see which ones nail it
Frozen curry may not sound appetizing, but 7-Eleven can make anything great. We love what 7-Eleven Japan is putting down lately, whether it’s delicious smoothies you can blend yourself or Zero Cider...
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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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Hear ye, hear ye! 7-Eleven’s Cheese Buns are the best cheesy bread snacks on...
Nearly everyone in the office agrees! Listen, we here at the SoraNews24 office have eaten a lot of food. Actually, we’ve eaten a lot of really, really good food–so much that we’d ordinarily be...
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We ate all eight kinds of cold noodles from 7-Eleven and here’s our...
Chilled noodles are the perfect summer meal, but which ones reign supreme? Our Japanese-language reporter P.K. Sanjun wants to do only one thing when the weather is as hot as it has been these days —...
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What’s inside these 7-Eleven lucky bags?
Only available when a new branch opens, the contents are sure to please lovers of Japanese convenience stores! Just last week, our Japanese-language reporter Daiichiro Tashiro attended the opening of...
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PewDiePie tries “every” Japanese snack and this is how people in Japan...
Some Japanese snacks reign supreme, while others appear to be shameful. Swedish YouTuber Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, better known as PewDiePie, recently made news after he bought a house and moved to...
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Family Mart and Mos Burger join forces for a special new steamed bun in Japan
Japanese convenience store food just got even better. If you’ve been following us for a while now, you’ll know how much we love convenience stores, local fast food chains, and steamed buns, or...
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Lawson’s ‘TanChiki’– We try Japan’s new health-conscious convenience store...
Our team of weight-watching middle aged guys see what they think of Lawson’s new ‘Delicious and guilt-free!’ fried chicken. With the kind of stuff that we regularly consume here at SoraNews24, you’d...
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Japanese convenience store chain creates a burger-flavoured steamed bun, but...
Family Mart x Mos Burger collaboration opens new doors for konbini food. Just last week we heard that Japan’s beloved convenience store chain Family Mart would be collaborating with Japan’s beloved...
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Pair Japanese whisky with convenience store fried chicken at new Konbini Bar...
Lawson’s first-ever convenience store bar looks set to be a great place to unwind on the cheap. It’s long been touted that Japanese convenience stores are the place to go for pretty much everything...
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Three of the best Japanese convenience store sweets you’ll want to try this...
Family Mart, Lawson and 7-Eleven dig up some surprises for customers this fall. Autumn is one of the best times for foodies in Japan, when the annual harvest allows us to enjoy some of the country’s...
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What makes this new Japanese convenience store chain better than 7-Eleven?
This chain takes konbini food to a whole other level. Japan is famous for its convenience stores, which sell everything from whiskey and fried chicken to pancake steamed buns. While the top chains —...
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7-Eleven’s new whipped cream sandwich takes Japanese convenience store food...
Join us as we try this weird sandwich, and find out why it’s even better without fruit. Our Japanese-language reporter Kouhey was shopping for sandwiches in 7-Eleven recently when he saw something...
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Family Mart goes matcha crazy with new lineup of green tea sweets in Japan
Convenience store chain teams up with a company that traces its history back to a high-ranking tea master. It’s often said that you can get pretty much anything you want at a Japanese convenience...
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