Feel-good story about a Japanese convenience store becomes one of the most unexpected surprises at the Olympics.
Japanese convenience stores (Page 9)
Exciting range includes a new take on the rice burger, and it’s only available at one convenience store chain.
Just when we thought Japanese convenience stores couldn’t get any more convenient, we were proven wrong.
Following Japan’s “paper tiger sandwich” incident, we went out and bought every sandwich we could find to investigate.
It looks like a breakfast at a fancy ryokan inn, but all this food came from a humble 7-Eleven and cost about 10 bucks.
Customer’s investigation leads to a discovery that’s shocked people around Japan.
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Animal’s mysterious actions make staff wonder if it was their manager returning in feline form to say one final goodbye…
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