{"id":4347,"date":"2020-09-23T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=4347"},"modified":"2020-10-14T10:40:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T01:40:58","slug":"ranking-japanese-convenience-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/japanese-apartment-life\/ranking-japanese-convenience-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking Japanese Convenience Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many countries\naround the world share certain aspects of life with one another, and\nconvenience stores are one of them. Check out articles as we rank the best\nconvenience stores in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Japan is a\ncountry that is centered around trying to make life as convenient as possible.\nThe exception being paperwork and government regulations, but that is the same\nin most countries. Japan tries to give people many outlets to enjoy their spare\ntime, private hotels and rooms to use as they like for long or short periods,\nand all of the creature comforts of modern civilization. This is especially\ntrue when it comes to convenience stores in Japan. This is an aspect of\neveryday life on which the country has put a large amount of importance. The\nconvenience store embodies the meaning of \u201cconvenience\u201d and you will always\nhave some option of a store near you. With so many stores being open and\navailable, you may wonder which ones are the best places to visit. Some\nconvenience stores may offer a better variety of certain foods or basic\namenities than others. This article will look at the convenience store options\nyou have to choose from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The ranking of these stores will be based on\nthe writer’s preference, but these 3 stores are going to be the most available\nchains you will see in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7-Eleven<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll\nstart with the number store in Japan, 7-Eleven. 7-Eleven first opened in Japan\nin 1974 in Tokyo. Since that time the number of 7-Eleven convenience stores in\nJapan has bloomed to over 20,000 locations across the country. That means that\nJapan has the most 7-Eleven stores in the world. They are still opening\nlocations in other parts of the country and they will continue to spread their\nbrand of convenience services to as many areas as they can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nstore is set-up in the usual Japanese style of convenience stores. They have a\nlarge selection of brand name snacks and candy, as well as their brand of\nfoods. They offer their own brand of potato chips, sweets, bread, take-home\nmeals, coffee, and drinks. The 7-Eleven brands tend to have a little better\ntaste to their take-home meals, and many people will take a cup of coffee on\nthe go. You can find different kinds of simple foods to shop and even bring\nsome frozen foods back to your house. Their selection is usually stocked up and\neasy to navigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their\nselection of small products and services are good, with some being preferred\nover other stores. They have a few things made by their parent company, like\nLED lights and shirts, that many people prefer to use. The services they\nprovide are standard things like bill pay and simple banking services. They had\ntried to create a payment system that was not implemented well and saw some\ncostumers losing their money to hackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\nhave the most locations in the country and they have some food items that can\nrival restaurant-quality foods. It is always a good experience when using their\nstores for getting something cold to drink, or paying bills through the store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lawson<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lawson\nsits at the number two spot in terms of overall quality. The first store was\nopened in 1975 in Osaka. It was originally a U.S. based storefront from Ohio,\nbut eventually became an independently owned entity in Japan. Lawson has become\na large brand that has become a small rival to the chains by having over 11,000\nstores open in the country. The store has aimed to become the major convenience\nstop for the people of Japan. They have opened services that are meant to help\nthe elderly and to make other areas of life easier to take care of in one spot.\nOne great service they offer is to hold on to your packages from online\nretailers like Amazon. You can pay for your package once it is delivered and\nthey will hold it for up to five days. The stores operate 24 hours a day so you\ncan get your package at the time most convenient for you. They have offered\nbanking options and have even opened locations in Hawaii.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawson\nhas most food items you will find in the other stores without having something\nthat separates them. The quality of Lawson\u2019s take-home meals is good and can\nfit any dietary needs. Their selection of foods is great, and they have a few\nthings they make on their own. Their bread selection is better than most others\nand they offer different variations the usual foods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\ndon\u2019t make many of their drinks, but what they offer is good for anyone looking\nfor a cold drink to cool off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\nare now a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation, and they have some quality\nproducts to purchase. It is nice to see their aisle of products increase and\nserve quality items to their customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Family Mart<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The\nstore in third is Family Mart which is second in the number of locations in\nJapan. It opened its first store in 1973 in Saitama and it has grown to over\n24,000 locations. They have opened some locations in other Asian countries and\ncontinue to look for more locations to branch into. They have the usual array\nof products that the other stores offer and they offer good customer service. Family\nMart also bought the rival Circle K Sunkus convenience store chain in Japan.\nSome stores still have the second store’s logos and decorations on them, but\nthey fall under the same company banner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nfocus of the Family Mart stores has been offering great tasting food that\npeople can take on the go. They have the usual selection of fast fried foods\ncustomers can get for a fast snack and Family Mart makes sure that they taste\nthe best. Family Mart places high priority on their fresh-made foods and it\nshows in the quality of the food they make. The snacks and drinks section are\nthe same standard drinks you can find in other stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Their\nproduct section is the same standard fare with no special products that put\nthem over other stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their\ntake away food selection is not as good as their fried and small snack foods\nselection, but you can still get a full meal at a reasonable price. They offer\na small selection of items you choose from form quick and easy shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\nthis writer\u2019s opinion, these are the top three convenience stores you can\nchoose from when in Japan. There are some other smaller chain like Mini Stop\nand Daily Yamazaki that offer the same services you will find the big three\nstores listed above. They are all great stores that offer a nice break from the\nhot sun or the cold winter. They will always meet your needs, and they are on\nalmost every corner in every city in Japan. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many countries around the world share certain aspects of life with one another, and convenience stores are one of them. Check out articles as we rank the best convenience stores in Japan. Japan is a country that is centered around trying to make life as convenient as possible. The exception being paperwork and government regulations, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese-apartment-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}