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Melon bread showdown! Which Japanese convenience store melon pan is the one...
Comparing the big three Japanese convenience stores’ versions of the country’s number-one sweet bread. Despite the cultural and culinary importance of rice to Japan, the country also has a deep...
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7-Eleven Japan’s “Paper Tiger” sandwich sparks online controversy over...
Attempted explanation gets called “lame excuse.” Food in Japan is supposed to both taste good and look good, and that even goes for the offerings at humble convenience stores. Actually, considering...
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25 different Japanese convenience store sandwiches – What’s inside them?【Photos】
Following Japan’s “paper tiger sandwich” incident, we went out and bought every sandwich we could find to investigate. It’s impossible not to feel the draw of the snack food and pastry aisles on a...
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Tokyo Banana teams up with Pokémon for limited-edition Pikachu sweets collection
Tokyo’s best-selling sweet souvenir charges up with six cute Pikachu designs. For a lot of people in Japan, no visit to Tokyo is complete without picking up some Tokyo Banana sweets for friends and...
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Pokémon Tokyo Banana haul: Will we find the rare Pikachu tail?
We buy stacks of the new limited-edition sweet souvenir to see if we can snare all six cute Pikachu designs. Just last week, we wrote about the upcoming collaboration between Pokémon and the...
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In celebration of Curry Bread Day, we find out which convenience store has...
We here at SoraNews24 do the hard work so you don’t have to. Thanks to the way the language works, there are a lot of special holidays celebrated in Japan, such as Eevee Day on November 21 or Twintail...
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Who makes Japan’s best Spam-style onigiri convenience store rice ball? Let’s...
We take a taste test trip in Okinawa and get acquainted with the local specialty. You can find onigiri (rice balls) at any convenience store in Japan, but you won’t always find the same kind. Regional...
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We try out 7-Eleven’s new home delivery service
Is ordering 7-Eleven online for delivery better than going in-person? It’s getting cold outside…and that means we don’t want to leave the warm comfort of our kotatsu, never mind the climate-controlled...
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7-Eleven Japan to double the shelf life of their onigiri rice balls
7-Eleven Japan announces their efforts to dramatically reduce food waste at its stores. Onigiri–those sometimes triangular, sometimes circular rice balls that are ubiquitous at Japanese convenience...
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7-Eleven Japan’s banana milk sparks controversy over deceptive packaging
Customers feel duped by “camouflage packaging”. With so many businesses struggling during the pandemic, Japanese convenience stores have recently been ramping up collaborations with local companies to...
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7-Eleven Japan now has plant-based vegetarian steamed “meat buns”
Soy Man comes to the rescue of those seeking non-meat options. One very cool thing about Japanese convenience stores is that they’re not just a place to grab snacks like chips and cookies. They’re...
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Deceptive strawberry milk package angers 7-Eleven customers following banana...
Here comes another shady fruity drink. Among Japanese convenience stores, 7-Eleven has long enjoyed a reputation for having the best quality. Yeah, every convenience store chain in Japan offers tasty...
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7-Eleven under fire in Japan for mysterious holes in their onigiri rice balls
Customers wonder if the chain is now selling “air” as a new rice ball filling. With Japanese convenience store chains offering a lot of similar goods, like sandwiches, bentos, curry breads and rice...
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You can power-up your stomach with Super Mario breads at Japanese convenience...
7-Eleven is ready to serve Nintendo fans Bowser-breath fried chicken and non-peach Princess Peach desserts. This Thursday, we were supposed to be meeting Mario at the grand opening of Universal...
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Get your work done inside Tokyo’s first convenience store private working booth
Just when we thought Japanese convenience stores couldn’t get any more convenient, we were proven wrong. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way a lot of people in Japan work, including a...
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We try 7-Eleven’s newly recreated Pork Ramen and are blown away by its level...
This ready-made, microwavable ramen comes close to something you can get in a restaurant! If you’ve ever been to Japan, you’ll know that convenience store food is actually pretty good. In fact, here...
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Heavyweight Japanese convenience store ramen festival! Three bowls of guilty...
Lawson, 7-Eleven, and Family Mart aren’t holding back with their new noodles. Many noodle fans would say that ramen is at its most pleasurable when it’s a guilty pleasure. So today, we’re tossing...
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7-Eleven now has Meal Kits to help you cook at home, and they’re awesome!
The store stocked with reasons not to cook for yourself is now ready to help your home chef ambitions too. When we feel our stomach rumbling, the question we ask ourselves is “Cook at home, or pick...
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Your Name studio, famous manga artist create beautiful romantic anime…that’s...
Rainbow Chaser will make you smile, shed a tear, and maybe crave a steamed pork bun. In recent months, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train and Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time...
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7-Eleven to build 7-Eleven in parking lot of another 7-Eleven
Japanese convenience stores have everything, even passive-aggressiveness! For almost all of 2019, a lone 7-Eleven franchisee in Higashiosaka City, Osaka, made national headlines after it challenged...
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