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Japanese convenience store’s Spicy Tuna rice balls might not be what foreigners or locals expect

But they might like them anyway.

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A sad Oden Day in Japan as stores seem to be steadily stopping self-service pots

Where has all the oden gone? Long time passing…

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Japan’s Cat Day comes to Family Mart convenience stores with huge line of feline-fun sweets, drinks

Family Mart becomes “Family Nya-rt.”

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Let’s try all the melon bread types sold by Japanese convenience store Family Mart【Taste test】

One of Japan’s favorite simple sweet treats has more variety than you might expect.

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Which Japanese convenience store has the best onsen tamago hot spring eggs?

We put 7-Eleven, Family Mart and Lawson to the test in this battle between runny eggs. 

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Trying Family Mart’s Alternative Seafood Rice Bowl made with 5 imitation toppings【Taste test】

A taste of things to come?

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Which Japanese convenience store has the best lucky sushi roll? Unclear results show clear winner

It’s 7-Eleven versus Family Mart versus Lawson in this ehomaki taste test showdown.

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Ultimate Japan Super Budget Dining! Our very best 1,000-yen chain restaurant meals this year

A look back on 10 great meals with low prices.

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We visited the southernmost and westernmost convenience stores in all of Japan…or so we thought

We tried so hard and got so far, but in the end…it turned out to be a disaster.

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Hotcake-man steamed pancake buns make their heroic return to Japanese convenience stores

We missed you, Hotcake-man!

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Convenience Store Private Brand Showdown: Which of Japan’s Big Three has the best beef curry?

With Japan’s three biggest convenience store chains now all having their own premium brands, it’s time to see whose makes our stomachs the happiest.

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Trying Häagen-Dazs Japan’s Brûlée Brûlée Brûlée for a taste of, well, crème brûlée

No, that’s not a typo.

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Mr. Sato compares the new milk cream Hokkaido cheese steamed cake to the classic version

He swears the company took a hint from his own eating preferences.

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Family Mart’s most luxurious curry-man dumpling yet

It’s so evolved, it’s hardly even a dumpling anymore.

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Sweet potato sweets season arrives at convenience store Family Mart, so let’s go taste-test-crazy

14 desserts isn’t too many, right?

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This Japanese convenience store in Tokyo has a Subway inside it

You don’t find Family Marts like this every day. 

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Tokyo convenience store has full bar inside with Japanese whiskey, will smoke your combini snacks

Shibuya Family Mart teams up with Kyoto bar.

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Japanese convenience store apologizes for putting Meatballs in meatball packages, issues recall

Family Mart wants to make amends for simple yet linguistically complex mistake.

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Japanese convenience store food takes a walk on the weird side with…cup pork?

New range of Japanese dishes, ready in less time than it takes to make instant ramen!

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Japanese convenience store creates a frappe from a popular candy

Family Mart frappes are becoming more iconic by the day.

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