It’s been one year of the podcast! Though “conbini” is in our name, we haven’t actually done an episode dedicated to Japan’s amazing convenience stores yet. We asked you all which conbini is your fave, and we’ll be battling it out to see what everyone’s fave food and drinks are too! 

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Cheyenne - @lostwithlow

Words mentioned/useful words

コンビニ conbini/konbini - convenience store

株式会社 kabushiki gaisha - Co. , Ltd. (company)

田舎 inaka - countryside

白桃 hakuto - white peach

ヤンキー yankee - delinquent, youth with bad manners

つまみ tsumami - bar snacks

けち kechi - stingy

マグロ maguro - tuna

サンド sando - sandwich

References:

https://www.today.com/food/news/japanese-7-eleven-in-us-rcna163282

https://la.eater.com/2024/7/29/24209079/japanese-7-eleven-items-coming-to-los-angeles#:~:text=Cult%2DFavorite%20Japanese%207%2DEleven,%2C%202024%2C%202:55pm%20PDT

Time stamps

00:00 one year of the pod!

9:22 the spelling of conbini/konbini

10:38 history of Japan’s conbini

14:32 each conbini’s specialty 

22:14 7-Eleven Japan goes to US

30:47 polls: fave conbini, fave items

49:33 onigiri battle

53:25 sando battle