TOP 15 BEST Japanese Convenience Store Foods From Family Mart, 7 Eleven & Lawson! 🇯🇵 Must Try 2025!

TOP 15 BEST Japanese Convenience Store Foods From Family Mart, 7 Eleven & Lawson! 🇯🇵 Must Try 2025!

we are here in Tokyo Japan and today it’s all 
about Japanese convenience stores And I love Japanese convenience stores So I’m taking you 
to Family Mart Lawson and 7-Eleven and showing you my five recommended items from each one 
of those convenience stores Today we’re just go ahead and start off with the Family Mart 
So let’s go inside First we are starting at Family Mart which was established in 1973 And 
as of March 2025 Family Mart has over 16,200 stores in Japan and over 8,400 stores overseas 
Family Mart is well known for the collaboration with popular figures such as Pokemon as well 
as restaurants and celebrities Also Family Mart focuses on providing unique products and 
catering to diverse customer needs So let me introduce you to Family Mart and show you my 
top five recommendations Okay we are here at Family Mart and I got a great selection of really 
wonderful savory items here at Family Mart And let me go ahead and start off by showing you guys the 
pizza bow Okay this is the pizza bun or pizza bow And this actually has ingredients of pizza 
inside I had this previous year and I really fell in love with this So I had to make sure to 
show you guys this pizza bun And of course it has the sticky paper on the bottom Take this off All 
right Here we go guys This is how it looks like inside Yes Look at that That is gooey luscious 
cheese Look at that Oh this is so magical Look at this wonderful looking pizza bun Now I’ve had 
my fair share of uh buns steamed buns like this in the past but this has become one of my favorite 
steamed buns ever You have to try this if you love pizza Wow Has a wonderful marinara flavor A 
little bit sweet also cheesy Also it’s the in the warm case So this is still warm and fresh 
And the bun is really bouncy and chewy This is so good M This never gets old A wonderful 
pizza bun here at Family Mart All right Next is uh Onigiri Look at that guys This is a popular 
onigiri restaurant Bongo And they got a mission guide for their onigiri And it’s a very special 
onigiri And now they’re doing a collaboration with Family Mart And yeah I’ve had this before 
Actually this um uh flavor is um spicy cod roe with mustard greens But I also had one with the 
egg and beef So but this one right here is also very good because of the way that it’s made But 
let me go and show you guys this first Of course the tab wise take the front tab off Number one 
they give you numbers here So it tells you how to take off uh the onigiri Okay so number one here 
you take it all the way off from the back Okay just like that And then number two right here you 
just want to just jiggle it out Separate it Just like that All right And then number three you 
just want to jiggle it out and separate it Just like that And that’s how you take the wrapper off 
the onigiri But here you go Let’s take the first bite M Oh my goodness These mustard greens have 
so much flavor Also there’s a lot of ingredients in here So my first bite I typically take it one 
giddy I don’t get the ingredients But here I got the ingredients right away the first bite Really 
good But one thing special about this onigiri from Bango is that they don’t they don’t compress 
the rice that much It’s really kind of light and fluffy So the rice is really separated right so 
when you take a bite of this it’s really fluffy As you can see the ingredients are all the way 
to the edge of the rice And a typical onigiri basically stuffs it right in the middle So this is 
really nice And as you can see how loosely packed the rice is That’s one thing special about this 
onigiri So if you’re a fan of onigiri this is one of those things you want to try here at Family 
Mart Bango ones They’re really good I mean this is a good dive chocolate frappe And the way you 
do this is you want to first squeeze it like this right and you want to kind of loosen it up just 
like this Okay and after you squeeze it a couple times loosen it up And then what you want to do is 
you want to kind of take off this top lid here And this is how it looks You see that it’s all kind of 
squishy And then take this lid off completely And then what we’re going to do is go inside and we’re 
going to put some of the frappe mix into this [Music] All right there it is This has the 
milk inside the frappe All right and then after you have the milk in here 
all you want to do is take your straw and just go and stir it up Oh this looks 
so good And as you can see guys there is chocolate on the bottom here So make sure to 
stir up the bottom part too Just like that And they do have different flavors in there 
too They had um like a milk tea like it’s called afternoon tea They also had a chocolate 
frappe and uh also blueberry frappe And also they have a um especially um Godiva one and 
also the strawberry frappe as well So but this uh Godiva series is out for a limited 
time too So depending upon when you come here it might not be available But same time the 
frappes I’ve had also the other frappes as well It’s really really good frappe But I’m 
recommending this one here because of the fact that it’s available and it’s yummy It’s 
it’s almost like a milkshake to me You know what I’m saying cuz it’s a it’s a very smooth and 
luscious And also of course you added milk to it right so it reminds me of a milkshake but it’s 
a frappe All right here it is Dive a chocolate frappe M Oh my god that is so yummy 
also has pieces of chocolate in here as well Not chocolate chips but like pieces of 
chocolate on top of that It’s a really decadent rich flavor of chocolate And um it’s a little 
bit more like on the darker side of chocolate dark chocolate But if you guys like Godiva 
chocolate you’re going to love this This is so good Definitely a must try And the next item here at Family Mart guys is probably 
my favorite item at Family Mart Yes the egg sandwich And I know a lot of people 
love 7-Eleven egg sandwich but to me I’ve had all three from three different convenience 
stores and this has become my favorite Let me show you this So most sandwiches all you want 
to do is back here there’s a tab You just want to go ahead and pull on this tab Okay just like 
this There you go And this is how you open the sandwich And look at that Look 
at all this luscious egg inside the sandwich Here you go Egg sando from Family Mart Oh my gosh One of the wonderful things about 
this egg sando that I like not only because of the flavor is very luscious flavor but also the 
pieces in here As you can see the pieces in here are not all creamy There’s some chunks 
of the egg white as well as the egg yolk So I love the chunky pieces in there as well as the 
smooth and creamy parts of the sandwich So yeah this is so good All right this is what it looks 
like inside Look how much egg is in here in the sando And look at the color of this This is so 
nice It’s more of a kind of a orange deeper color cuz the eggs here are so good This is one of my 
must gets whenever I come to Family Mart is the egg sandal Really good So good All right And the 
next item that’s really popular here at Family Mart Probably one of the most popular things here 
at Family Mart is Fami Chiki This is a deep fried chicken as well Let me go and show you this 
One thing nice about this wrapper here they give it to you in is you can actually separate 
out here like this That way you don’t have to uh touch the chicken if you don’t want to 
Right Just like that See that here it is That chicken I can’t stress you enough how good 
this is It’s a simple fried breaded chicken right but the flavor and seasoning they use on 
the outside is so so good Also the meat inside is super tender It’s like a thigh meat Man this is 
such a great fried chicken And one of the popular things here in Japan is basically what they call 
a Combini hack And it’s basically a combination of things at a convenience store that you put 
together to create almost like a new product And one of the popular Combini hacks is having 
the family chicken in the egg sando sandwich So let me go ahead and show you guys this as well So 
what you want to do is you want to open up your sandwich just like that And then what we’re going 
to do is add the fami chichi to the sandwich and create a new sandwich chicken sandwich Just 
like that guys There it is We have the Fami Chicki egg sando So here it is We have the Fami 
Chichiy egg sando combini hack It’s a lot It’s a really craze It’s kind of like an Instagram also 
like Tik Tok craze So I want to kind of show you guys this since I’m here and two of my favorite 
items here at Family Mart Why not go ahead and show you guys the Combini hack of the family 
chicken and the egg sando let’s give it a try This works This works Wow This the creaminess 
of the egg salad along with the fried chicken the combination of that the sandwich combination 
actually is a good combination and I really like it Yeah So if you come to Japan and come to Family 
Mart you might want to give this a try It’s really good And so that is my top five recommendations 
here from Family Mart And we’ll move on to our next location which is Lawson Our next location is 
Lawson Lawson was officially established in 1975 and has over 14,600 convenience stores throughout 
Japan and over 7,400 convenience stores overseas Lawson is popular for its original brand and their 
biggest selling item is Karaage Kun which is the original chicken nugget recipe They’re also well 
known for their variety of sweet treats So let me introduce you to my top five recommended items 
from Lawson All right our next foods you want to try is from Lawson’s And uh we went about 
purchased items from Lawson’s and then we came by nearby kind of a park area to kind of show you 
guys this food And we’re going to start off with something sweet cuz Lawson are known for their 
sweet foods We’re going to start off with mochi puyo Wow This is very delicate Look at that 
It’s jiggly This exterior is a very thin exterior And then you open this up and it’s 
going to be uh custard Oops Oh down here it’s going to be a custard as well as a Hokkaido milk 
whipped cream inside Look at that Oh and this uh exterior is very stretchy You can see that 
Look at that guys Look how stretchy that is And look how creamy this is Look at this That 
is so much whipped cream in there Look at that Mochi puyo This is so good 
guys I’m really excited for this I love mochi texture but 
this Hokkaido milk cream is so luscious It’s so good Wow And 
the texture of this is so much fun You just want a simple sweet 
decadent treat get this This is so good All right Next is something I’ve discovered 
I really can fall in love with It’s maguro tataki Yeah guys I’m so excited about this Let 
me show you this All right Here it is Look at this It’s like a Hawaiian musubi right it has 
a nori on the outside And then if you open it up look at this guys That is minced tuna 
Negitoro And it also has a pickled daikon radish on the outside and has a little bit 
of sauce on there Look at that guys This is minced tuna Looks like a patty but this 
is really tender Here you go This is it right here Look at that You see that so it’s 
pretty much like having sushi right in like a sandwich form And this is this is so good 
One of my favorites Here let me show you this This has become one of my all-time favorites 
from convenience stores Never knew that you can have naked toad like this sushi form It’s a 
great flavor Also has a pickled daikon in there pickled radish So it has a little bit of that 
mingry Also you have the saltiness from the the tuna and the sauce And then you basically have 
sushi rice with the seaweed So guys look at this Yeah this is definitely a must try right here If you like tuna sushi you’ll love this 
Okay another thing I’ve discovered a while back from Lawson is they have a different version of 
melon pan And this is actually a chocolate with a chocolate chips melon pan Look at that guys 
This is such a cool melon pan As you can see they have exterior chocolate as well as some 
chocolate chips But there’s a special secret to this melon pond Let me go and show you this 
guys There you go You got a dab of whipped cream inside So yeah you get you’re getting the best 
of all worlds here with the whipped cream as well The chocolate on the outside as well as chocolate 
chips Yeah if you want something sweet there you go Mhm I didn’t get to the whipped cream 
all the way But there’s chocolate outside It’s a wonderful milk chocolate Let 
me go and open this up for you guys Look it You see that that’s the whipped 
cream I’m take a bite with the whipped cream Melon pond bread soft fluffy but 
all these flavors coming together with the chocolate and outside the whipped cream and 
also chocolate chips Hey this has also become my new favorite as well Wow this is so good Another 
fun thing that I discovered from Lawson is they had a kuraage sando Now you may be familiar 
with maybe like a katsu sando Also they had a chicken cutlet sando But here this is karaage 
guys These are fried chicken inside of a sandwich These are really good as well Just like normal 
sandwiches you want to go ahead and pull this tab here Just like this All right So here 
it is A kuraage sando from Lessons Here you go It’s so good I’m a big fan of kuraage 
and putting in a sandwich guys This is a great great sandwich Wow As you’ve seen 
like in the United States you have like the chicken burgers right from um fried 
chicken burgers from like different like Popeye’s or KFC But here fried chicken 
sandwich like this man Just as good Mhm Wonderful thigh meat Really tender And one 
with craggy Sometimes they’ll also like marinade the chicken so you have a great flavor of the 
chicken as well as the batter also from Lawson if you don’t want uh sandwich form there’s also 
popular uh chicken called karaage kun from their display they have different flavors of like 
chicken nuggets fried chicken there in the display so that’s really popular here at Lawson’s 
as well but at the same time I’m a big fan of the sandwich all right and one of my all-time 
favorites when going to Lawson’s here you go Doramochi and very similar to the um the 
cream bun I had earlier doramochi It has the batter also with the like the rice flour 
Same kind of a mochi-ish batter but this one also has whipped cream and red bean 
paste inside Let me go and show you this All right here it is All right And 
this like a pancake batter on the outside but like I said it has more of like a 
mochi texture And let me open this up for you Take a look Got the whipped 
cream as well as the red bean paste This is such a fun dessert All right 
this is it This is Dora Mochi Here you go I know some people may not be fans of the 
red bean but man I’m a big fan of red bean as whipped cream This pancake that’s a mochi texture 
This is one of my favorite go-to for sweet treats here in Japan It’s like whenever I walk at the 
convenience store Lawson I’ll pick one of these up because just those are so good Lawson is 
also a wonderful convenience store to visit And I hope these five recommendations are good 
for you guys to try Lawson out next time you’re in Japan But now we’ll move on to 7-Eleven Our 
final location is 7-Eleven This is probably the most recognizable convenience store in Japan with 
over 23,000 convenience stores in Japan and over 85,000 stores worldwide 7-Eleven was established 
in Japan in 1974 and has created an empire when it comes to convenience stores They operate 24/7 
365 days a year providing a reliable source of goods and services to the many people of Japan 
making it incredibly convenient for daily life So let me show you my top five recommended items from 
7-Eleven Starting with the strawberry sando If you come to 7-Eleven so you want to try a fruit sando 
Yes that’s the fruit and whipped cream sandwich Also a must try right here in the back You just 
pull the tab just like this and this opens up your sandwich All right here it is The strawberry 
sando Let me go ahead and show you guys quick what it looks like inside There is the 
whipped cream and strawberries There’s the whipped cream on one side and then you 
can see the strawberries here on the other side Beautiful looking strawberries And this 
is the time of year actually for strawberries So this is a seasonal fruit So yeah we’re here 
at a good time to try this Here you go [Music] If you guys know about fruit here in Japan totally 
different So much sweeter Such great flavor of the fruit Next is the brulee ice cream And I had 
this before in my previous episode This brulee ice cream And yeah I fell in love with this ice 
cream So whenever I come back to Japan I have to get this ice cream Let me show this ice cream This 
brulee ice cream cracks Look at this Oh look at that You see that look at this brulee I love this 
cracking part You see that i’m going take some of this brulee as well as the ice cream out Oh look 
at that This ice cream looks quite lovely Look at that ice cream And we have nice caramelized 
brulee on top This is a wonderful bite right here Not only is it amazing ice cream really 
creamy and soft but also the brulee has a very distinct brulee flavor Now 7-Eleven 
carries this but only in vanilla flavor But I also heard if you go to Donkey Donkihote store 
they carry this and also chocolate So if you’re in Donkey and here in Tokyo check it out See 
if they have the chocolate But I’ll tell you what the vanilla one really good flavor 
All right I’m going to go ahead and make this asai smoothie What you want to do is 
go ahead and ask Candice and then take this off I also kind of give you instructions 
here Open up and then Okay [Music] smoothie lid Look at this smoothie looks 
amazing This is a new flavor It’s a asai flavor Um typically I get like the strawberry 
banana but yeah this one looks really good as well Oh my gosh that’s so good Also these fresh 
fruit smoothies it’s 100% fruit right so you’re getting a wonderful fresh smoothie These smoothies 
are amazing Also when you come here to purchase like I showed you guys first we’re going to do 
is purchase this first and then you’ll scan the barcode at the at the machine and after that 
take a lid off okay the plastic off and then put it back into the machine and then push okay 
That’s all you got to do But to make sure to take that lid off because I think some people have 
taken it where they put it in without the lid off and that messes up the entire machine Just 
so you guys know make sure to take the lid off This doesn’t seem like a lot of smoothie when 
you see it but at the same time the flavor is so intense with fruit flavor All natural Gosh 
it’s so good It is kuraage that’s fried on a stick Wow that is so good That’s karaage The 
batter is really great flavor of batter Also it’s crunchy but not too crunchy right 
sometimes they get batter too crunchy but this is just perfectly crunchy The chicken 
is super tender but thus the flavor of the batter is really good So yeah this is definitely 
a must try Okay of course another recommendation when you’re coming to uh 7-Eleven here in 
Japan is the tuna mayo onigiri And I’m not joking Believe it or not guys whenever I fly 
into Japan one of the first things I get is onigiri That is so good The tomato 
mayo in here that makes the onigiri so special Also on Japan has a lighter 
and fluffier rice So but this is so good And they don’t skimp on the amount of 
ingredients in here inside the onigiri Okay that is our top five items from 
Family Mart Lawson and 7-Eleven Hope you guys enjoyed today’s episode It was 
a lot of fun going to all these different convenience stores and show you guys my five 
recommendations from each of them And if you guys enjoyed today’s video make sure to smash 
the like button And as always guys appreciate your support Have yourself a wonderful day 
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When it comes to the top convenience stores in Japan, you have 7-Eleven, Family Mart and Lawson. All three of these convenience stores have unique products they offer, as well as some products that are the same, but still a bit different from one another.

Being that I’ve been to Japan countless times and have enjoyed visiting these convenience stores on a regular basis. I thought it would be fun to show you my top 5 products I would recommend from each of these convenience stores. I also tried the combini hack which you combine egg sandwich and family mart chicken. It was delicious and I hope you have a chance to try as well!

Thank you for watching and be sure to hit that like button. Also, I’d love to hear what you thought of the episode. So please feel free to leave a comment below. Have yourself a wonderful day and I’ll see you back in the next episode.

Location:
📍 Family Mart https://maps.app.goo.gl/xsNfT8y63MDGX7Yj6
ファミリーマート 渋谷ガーデンフロント店
3 Chome-26-3 Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0002

📍 Lawson Shibuya https://maps.app.goo.gl/wPDwNR4LqP4aW2Mz7
ローソン 渋谷警察署南店
3 Chome-8-12 Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0002

📍 7-Eleven Shibuya https://maps.app.goo.gl/pBRmn47BWHVg1wwx9
セブン-イレブン 渋谷代官山店
14-23 Daikanyamacho, Shibuya, Tokyo 150-0034

What We Ate:
• Pizza Bun 168 YEN / $1.15 USD
• Bongo Onigiri 198 YEN / $1.36 USD
• Godiva Chocolate Frappe 498 YEN / $3.42 USD
• Egg Sando 286 YEN / $1.97 USD
• Famichiki 240 YEN / $1.65 USD
• Mochipuyo 119 YEN / $0.84 USD
• Maguro Onigiri 354 YEN / $2.49 USD
• Chocolate Chip Melon Pan 171 YEN / $1.20 USD
• Karaage Sando 419 YEN / 2.94 USD
• Doramochi 200 YEN / $1.40 USD
• Strawberry & Cream Sandwich 460 YEN / $3.20 USD
• Brulee Ice Cream 368 YEN / $2.56 USD
• Acai Smoothie 352 YEN / $2.45 USD
• Karaage Bo 167 YEN / $1.16 USD
• Tuna Mayo Onigiri 138 YEN / $0.96 USD

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