Name: Japanese Convenience Stores - Why The Conbini コンビニ Is Epic
Uploaded: 2026-04-01T18:00:51.000Z
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Hello everyone, it is Martina, aka King Kogi.

I am excited today to talk about convenience stores, not convenience stores in North America, but

convenience stores in Japan, or as they call them in Japan, konbinis, which, might I add, is a way more convenient way of saying it.

It is one of the most inconvenient words to write out.

Try it right now; I always get autocorrected.

Konbinis are so different than the types of convenience stores I have experienced in North America.

7-Elevens in Canada are usually places that I go for, like, slushies or icies in the summertime.

There's usually, like, 8 machines with, like, big gulps, and half of them aren't working.

And, uh, you would never say, "I'm going to go for a quick grocery run at the 7-Eleven," like, that's just unheard of.

Interestingly, I basically talked my mom's ear off about the glory of konbinis, and

she didn't really seem to believe me until people went to Japan for the Olympics, and

the reporters started to report back on the food that they were experiencing, and

my mom was like, "Martina, it doesn't sound—she doesn't sound like this at all." Why does my mom sound like Pinocchio?

every day he's talking about the amazing things he's having at a convenience store, and

I'm like, "I know." So why are convenience stores so awesome?

Well, uh, just to give you a rough idea of what I'm about to talk about: convenience stores in Japan, you can grocery shop, you can buy takeaway pre-made meals that are actually delicious, you can pay bills, you can buy concert tickets, you can do photocopying, and

So there are 5 main convenience stores in Japan.

There's 7-Eleven, there is Lawson's, there's Natural Lawson's, which I would say is kind of an anti-up.

Then you have FamilyMart; they have a green, white, and blue logo.

You've got a Mini Stop, which I'm not that familiar with, and you also have the Special Yamazaki.

Special Yamazaki is kind of like a small-town or countryside-type location.

I think I've seen one when I was on, like, a trip, like, out the window, like, "Look, it's a Special Yamazaki!" Now, this is probably the big highlight of konbinis.

People don't go to convenience stores because they're just, like, desperate and in the middle of the road driving, and

they're like, "I shouldn't do this, but I'm going to." Convenience stores have literally good food.

Currently, um, the 7-Elevens now are doing Thai food, tom yum goon.

Each convenience store has their own thing that they're doing: soba or cold soba, udon, ramen, and

we're talking about fresh ramen noodles with the broth.

And I'm definitely going to do another video that's talking about how they separate all the items so that they last and they don't get soggy, but

Now, with these items, you can also do my favorite thing to do, which is, like, konbini hacks.

So I like to take, like, one item and, like, mix it with another item to create something even more awesome, or, like, things that are really helpful for if you're traveling.

So I like to kind of, like, go to konbinis and do these little hacks and stuff.

Did you really think you could talk about hacking and not include me, hacker woman?

Well, while I'm here, I might as well introduce you to one of my favorite konbini hacks.

So every konbini in Japan sells these kind of, like, ubiquitous rock-hard vanilla ice creams, but

what I like to do is hack that and make it into a super delicious sneaky affogato.

We're talking coffee and ice cream, usually espresso, but for me, I make a sneaky cup of coffee.

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Take your ice cream bag, cut off the top, and dump that big old cube into a bowl.

Next, you're going to want to make your coffee.

You're only going to be using a bit for your ice cream, and

Then pour your coffee unceremoniously over your ice cream.

It's going to be hot, it's going to be cold, it's going to be creamy and magical.

Now, that's what I call a delicious dessert.

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