Conbini Monday Wk48

Shibuya246 · 5 April 2010 · 19 photos · 9,084 views · 22 comments

I went out to Chiba at the end of last week to play golf and snapped a few interesting items in the local Chiba convenience stores. Many items are the same as central Tokyo, but a few caught my eye that I hand't seen before.

Found these Chiba-kun keyrings when I was out at a convenience store in Chiba before playing golf. hi Chiba-kun!

Some interesting looking fuwafuwa cakes.

Kinoko no yama have been a popular candy treat for a long time. Here is a new flavor for them with kinako. That is kinako flavored kinokos. Try saying that quickly a few times.

There are a few dried fruit products appearing on the shelves recently. Spring must mean fruits I suppose, which is why they are taking the place of the throat sweets we dont need now winter is almost gone.

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The major convenience stores generally have their own brand of crackers, chips and sweets as well. Here is a selection by 7 Eleven.

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An donuts also in the 7 Eleven brand.

Rilakkuma has his own mini snack box at this Lawson store.

These new pocky are particularly tasty. Kiiroitori was looking after these for me.

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I was surprised to see a Subway inside this Family Mart store. Maybe they are going to team up with more mixed food/brand ideas. Near my house there is a Tullys inside a Family Mart store as well.

Weider Jelly has quite a few good themes for their well being jelly. This one is Beauty !

This wasnt at the convenience store, but was actually the cake I bought for my birthday. Very tasty. I bought the Kaorina cake with custard cream. The sakura cake looked good to as did the fruits cake.

Hersheys is having a go at the convenience store market and has come out with these bite size packs. Lets see how long they remain on the shelves.

Hope you had a good Conbini Monday wherever you are.

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lithiumangel 5 April 2010
wow; the new pocky look incredibly delicious; plus i'm a sucker for strawberry :) The Rilakkuma mini bento's are cute ! Wonder what's in them ? Kinoko no yama looks interesting; never bothered buying those, might have to next time i'm in the area. Tough nandog; sounds/looks like hotdog; can it be heated or eaten cold ?
Neksus 5 April 2010
My brother flew back from Japan tonight. When he'll be here visiting I hope he won't forget my cut of the loot :) Thanks for the series, a few things I wanted come from here, if not a 60-70%!!! Yeah!
perdomot 5 April 2010
I love combini Mondays! I'll be in Tokyo in less than 3 weeks and plan on raiding some stores. Are there any particular stores that you frequent that you would recommend for someone wanting to see as much as possible? I'm assuming they will be in Shibuya.LOL
shibuya246 5 April 2010
If you have never tried the Kinoko no yama then you have not lived :)
Orchid64 5 April 2010
The edamame sembei are really good as are the fuwa fuwa cakes. I love the one with white beans in it (which I reviewed some time ago, but isn't in shops right now). The chocolate one was also good!
shibuya246 5 April 2010
Let us see some of the photos when the goodies arrive :)
shibuya246 5 April 2010
Mainly Shibuya. Most of my photos come from Lawson, Family Mart, 7 Eleven and AM PM, although there are other convenience chain stores. Hope you enjoy your visit.
lithiumangel 5 April 2010
No love for sunkus ? :)
Tristan 6 April 2010
I love how the maker puts the price on the packaging so it cant be changed! You would not see that in Australia!
Tristan 6 April 2010
mmmmm...crunky AND banana...this is now on the list for my next visit!
Tristan 6 April 2010
'custard cake of strawberry'....lol
Tristan 6 April 2010
Hope you bought one of these!
Tristan 6 April 2010
Happy birthday btw....hope you enjoyed the cake!!
rakushu 6 April 2010
Some of those look tasty, unfortunately not all these products get here. I have to check special stores and even if I do, I know they won't have them, I should consider myself lucky just to get my hands on some Pocky!
notyetalotus 6 April 2010
Happy Birthday! I agree all the cakes look "delish". My eye also caught sight of the bag of Milky caramel. I hope our Japanese store called Maruta will carry it. Will have to look on my next visit.
whipcracker 7 April 2010
Btw, went to the 7-11 down the road today to check on the Iron Man Movie cups. First of all all the had were the Big Gulp cups, nothing smaller. There was an empty display and a smaller box to hold the straws that go w/the cups empty also. When I asked the clerks about it, it seems they didn't have a clue what I was talking about. I just left disgusted. The straws were supposed to have figurines attached to them.
HELLOKITTYLIMITED 9 April 2010
Mondays always make me hungry. lol Ate the batch you sent some of us and a little different from what I'm used to but still excellent. I wasn't sure if those green things were green bean chips but they were delicious.
bzzya 12 August 2010
Hello!:) Cake looks soo tasty! Did you remember - 1260円 it is price for one cake100gramm\1kg? Thanks you. You have very intresting reviews of life in Japan ;)
shibuya246 12 August 2010
Thanks :) Yes cake is expensive.
bzzya 12 August 2010
Expensive? Is it mean, that 1260円 - it is cost of 100 gramm of cake? (sorry for my Engurish :))
Phakphoom Rueangkajohn 18 July 2012
Great Website
Juliana Mottl 18 July 2012
Hey hun, wanted you to know that I love your website! I spend hours looking at all the great photos you've taken of Japan. I'm almost obsessed your conbini monday posts. Your Subway pictures makes me want to know what's on the menus of Japanese fast food places such as McDonalds and Starbucks compared to the American versions of these restaurants. I can only imagine the options they have at a Japanese Subway, haha. If you can get a couple quick shots of the menus of fast food restaurants, I think it would be a great addition to your site.

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