Eating Up Japan

Why I Can’t Stay Away from 7–Eleven, Lawson, and Family Mart

Japanese convenience store snacks keep me going back for more

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Japonica Publication

6 min readJul 12, 2022

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Hot Dogs at 7–Eleven, Photo by Pauline Baldwin

In the US, 7–Eleven offers slushies and sad-looking chicken, but in Japan, convenience stores have just about everything you could want. — Becky Saunders, Fodors.com

bakagaijin

Written by bakagaijin

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Japonica Publication

Master Inventor and AI Architect. Grew up in Japan, World Traveler. Former Navy Linguist. Interests include Music, Writing, Tech, Travel, and a Better World.

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