Convenience Stores (konbini, コンビニ)
Everything You Need in One Store!
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Visit the one closest to your place and if possible, choose 7-11. Enjoy checking out their products, high quality yet reasonably priced. Convenience store is like Japan in miniature.
TIBITS
- Over 50,000 convenience stores in Japan.
- The best chain, by far, is 7-11. Why? Their sales per day is #1 and by a big margin. (Over Y665,000 per day on average, or about USD6000 vs the others at about USD5000).
- About 17,000 7-11 in Japan (over 30% of total) and their group company also owns Ito-Yokado (supermarket), restaurant (Jonathan, etc.), Department store, etc, their merchandising power is superb. They have a strong buying power, leading to a lot of attractive private brands.
What should you try?
- Try their onigiri/rice balls. You can tell that they really put a lot of effort into making it special.
- Their ready-to-eat, cooked instore `korokke` (croquette), `oden` (winter speciality), `nikuman` (Chinese meat buns) are all very delicious and cheap. You will find them right next to the cashier.
- Moreover, they basically sell everything you need and more. Use their ATMs to withdraw cash. Use their clean toilets, for free. WIFI is free.
>> Visit Seven Eleven Japan’s website
Here is what I bought today: ¥988 (10 US$)
Onigiri rice ball with salted salmon, salad (lots of fiber), Okinawa dish (tofu, pork, vegetable, etc.), Croquette and frozen fried rice (simply put it in your microwave, our favorite!).
![](http://hiddenjapanguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Picture1.jpg)
Onigiri rice ball with salted salmon, salad (lots of fiber), Okinawa dish (tofu, pork, vegetable, etc.)
![](http://hiddenjapanguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Picture3.jpg)
Frozen fried rice
![](http://hiddenjapanguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Picture5.jpg)
Croquette
Link to their home page below:
http://www.sej.co.jp/in/index.html
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Enjoy! It`s really convenient!
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