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Brand: Family Mart Cost: 150 yen Found At: Family Mart There is nothing like an unidentifiable loaf of animal flesh on a bed of rice and mayonnaise to bring out your inner gourmand. It’s my own fault from straying from the path of tuna mayonnaise, salmon flakes, pickled plum and all the other old standbys... Continue Reading →
Brand: Famima Sweets Cost: 250 yen Found At: Family Mart What a summer it has been. First, there was an earthquake in Osaka, then a heat wave, then another earthquake in Hokkaido. Not to mention that, in the midst of all this, there have been more “super typhoons” and “unstoppable typhoons” than you could shake... Continue Reading →
Brand: 7-11 Cost: A Gift from Lisa Found At: 7-11 I do not buy this cookie for myself. I cannot buy this cookie for myself. If I set that precedent, then it’s all over. Healthy eating promises will be broken, budgeting will go out the window – it’s less of a slippery slope and... Continue Reading →
Brand: Suntory Cost: 140 yen Found At: Family Mart Do you ever innocently buy a bottle of tea only to discover that it is actually a high-blood pressure treatment? There I was, innocently reaching for a bottle of sesame tea, and now I’m improving my heart health. As usual, it seems I have accidently... Continue Reading →
Brand: Minute Maid Cost: 160 yen Found At: Vending Machine Sweet tea is my green eggs and ham. I do not like it. Which is odd, because I like sweet things and I like tea and I like to eat my sweet things with my tea. But I don't like sweet tea. So, it... Continue Reading →
Brand: Tirol Cost: 40 yen Found At: Mini Stop If it were not for the Christmas song, I would have no idea that chestnuts were edible. In fact, before coming to Asia, I just assumed that eating them was a weird, archaic practice – like the Jomon era peoples eating acorns. It’s the kind... Continue Reading →
Brand: Family Mart Cost: 120 yen Found At: Family Mart There are a lot of things to unpack here: First, it is remarkable how many things Family Mart will brand with the “Fami” prefix. Fami-chicken is the in-house fried chicken. Fami-shu is the family Mart cream-puff (Family mart + pate a choux). And... Continue Reading →
Brand: 7-11 Cost: 140 yen Found at: 7-11 I was hungry, I was tired, and I saw the words “okonomiyaki” and “sauce.” That was the temptation I needed. It must have taken me 30 seconds to walk into the 7-11, grab this rice ball, pay, and rush outside to devour it in the parking lot.... Continue Reading →
Brand: Family Mart (Famima Sweets) Cost: 140 yen Found At: Family Mart Fall is here! And just like America’s obsession with pumpkin spice, Japan celebrates the autumn with its own particular seasonal flavor –sweet potato. There are sweet potato cakes, sweet potato pies, sweet potato pastries, and this glorious creation – the sweet potato... Continue Reading →
Brand: Cherio Cost: 100yen Found At: Kyoto Vending Machine The laundromat does not always have change machines, but for 100 yen, the local vending machine will provide enough change to wash your socks – and it will even throw in a soda for your trouble. And because it was late and I had nothing else... Continue Reading →
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