5 reasons why Japan convenience stores are so great

When you go to Japan, you can find convenience stores almost everywhere. These convenience stores are known as konbini. The strong competition between 3 major convenience store players (7-Eleven, Lawson and Family Mart) in Japan have created innovative products and services which makes Japanese convenience stores very convenient and reasonable price. These convenience stores opens 24 hours a day.

1. Premium unique flavour ice cream
When comes to ice-cream and confectionary, Japan have many amazing and unique flavours.

Haagen Dazs premium ice cream with variety of flavours which can't be found in other countries.


For example special flavour of Japonais. Thick strawberry sauce with chocolate chips ice-cream.

Adult magazines in Japan convenience stores

One of the reason on why the Japanese stores were so interesting is the availability of porn magazines and hentai on the magazine section of the stores (7-Eleven, Lawson & Family Mart). The public display of these magazine will just blow you away. You might think that such material should be hidden or sell at separate adult stores but in Japan, such material are sold openly.


Crazy selection of porn magazine. Pornography is not illegal in Japan. Only child pornography is illegal. These magazine is not just the magazine but it comes with DVD showing the full action!

The porn magazine just beside the normal magazine section. This part is available at almost all convenience stores in Japan. How amazing is that. Recently, Japan have a regulation of sealing the porn magazine which was not done before this.