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Top 5 “green desserts” that only exist in Japan!
Combini / Drinks / Food / McDonald's / Starbucks

Top 5 “green desserts” that only exist in Japan!

Posted on: July 28, 2024July 30, 2025

It’s no surprise Japan is the home of green-colored delicacies. However, matcha green tea isn’t Japan’s only green dessert!

Japan’s FamilyMart showcases an obsession with anime cards!
Anime / Combini / Dragon Ball / Family Mart / Food / Manga

Japan’s FamilyMart showcases an obsession with anime cards!

Posted on: May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

I’ve said before that Japan is an anime society and I stand by my claim. FamilyMart’s stacks of collectible anime cards are living proof!

Top 5 potato chips in Japan (ranked by taste)
Combini / Family Mart / Food

Top 5 potato chips in Japan (ranked by taste)

Posted on: April 23, 2024July 30, 2025

Japan has a plethora of potato chip brands you won’t find elsewhere, some of which offer unique tastes and flavors that just hit different!

5 exclusive items from Daily Yamazaki you won’t get at 7-Eleven
Combini / Daily Yamazaki / Food

5 exclusive items from Daily Yamazaki you won’t get at 7-Eleven

Posted on: March 30, 2024July 30, 2025

Daily Yamazaki is the baked goods specialist of the convenience store world. Here are 5 exclusive items you won’t find at other combinis!

Japan vs Korea – convenience store differences?
7-Eleven / Combini / Drinks / Family Mart / Food / Korea / Lawson

Japan vs Korea – convenience store differences?

Posted on: March 25, 2024July 30, 2025

In this edition of my “Japan vs Korea” series, I go over the 5 most notable differences between Japan and Korea’s convenience stores.

How to make a delicious iced coffee frappé at FamilyMart
Combini / Drinks / Family Mart

How to make a delicious iced coffee frappé at FamilyMart

Posted on: March 25, 2024July 30, 2025

As a foreigner in Japan, making a sophisticated beverage like a frappé at a convenience store may seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be!

These 5 Japanese KitKat flavors are unique, strange, and delicious!
Combini / Food / Shopping

These 5 Japanese KitKat flavors are unique, strange, and delicious!

Posted on: March 23, 2024July 30, 2025

Japan is the motherland of every KitKat flavor under the Rising Sun. These 5 flavors in particular are super delicious and a little weird!

FamilyMart’s Black Thunder series pays homage to a local favorite
Combini / Family Mart / Food

FamilyMart’s Black Thunder series pays homage to a local favorite

Posted on: March 22, 2024July 30, 2025

You could call it the “Oreo of Japan,” because Black Thunder is a Japanese chocolate brand that’s taking the world by storm!

Top 5 Japanese milk brands ranked by taste
Combini / Drinks / Food / Seicomart / Shopping

Top 5 Japanese milk brands ranked by taste

Posted on: March 5, 2024July 30, 2025

Japanese milk is one of those lucrative areas of consumable goods that just “hits different.” Here are my 5 tastiest brands of Japanese milk!

Top 5 cup noodles from Japan’s convenience stores
7-Eleven / Combini / Family Mart / Food / Lawson

Top 5 cup noodles from Japan’s convenience stores

Posted on: February 20, 2024July 30, 2025

Cup noodles are the cheapest form of food you can get in Japan, responsible for keeping the nation alive when times are tough.

5 best types of ice cream from Japan’s convenience stores
7-Eleven / Combini / Family Mart / Food / Lawson / Summer

5 best types of ice cream from Japan’s convenience stores

Posted on: February 14, 2024July 30, 2025

From sweet potato soft serve to ice cream in a tube, here are the best types of ice cream you’ll find at Japan’s convenience stores!

Japanese fruits are the juiciest and tastiest in the world!
Agriculture / Combini / Food / Shopping

Japanese fruits are the juiciest and tastiest in the world!

Posted on: February 12, 2024July 30, 2025

What makes Japanese fruits so special in taste, size, and texture is that fruit farmers focus on quality rather than quantity.

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