Here’s your convenience store snack survival guide, for when “all of the above” isn’t an option.
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Iconic video game fanfare rewards purchasers of Dragon Quest Critical Hit-Flavor fried chicken.
This chain’s 100-yen pasta and noodle dishes are just the thing when you’re looking to stretch your budget.
Those ropes don’t seem so innocent when you read what’s on either side of them.
The ashtrays in front of Japanese convenience stores aren’t there for people to smoke around.
The Japanese language’s lack of a definite article was definitely the cause of this cross-cultural convenience store misunderstanding.
It’s often said that freedom isn’t free. In Japan, Free Tea isn’t either.
While the widespread presence of public toilets in convenience stores is great, it is also fraught with ambiguous customs and could, technically, even lead to criminal charges.
This premium ice cream is designed to look like the vegetable from which it’s made, but that’s just one of its many attractive qualities.
Create your own personalised postcards for as little as 18 cents each at 7-Eleven convenience stores in Japan.
Kumamoto Prefecture is still reeling after back-to-back large scale earthquakes struck the region late last week. Yet somehow Japan’s major convenience store chains have managed to get 97 percent of their shops up and running in a matter of days.
Organizations don’t want bare-all periodicals to have to hide under obscuring plastic covers.
The characters from the dead-serious magical girl franchise show off their bunny ears, flowery dresses, and egg-shaped soul gems.
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