{"id":5323,"date":"2021-01-25T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T01:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=5323"},"modified":"2021-01-15T11:01:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T02:01:01","slug":"awesome-convenience-store-collaborations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/japanese-apartment-life\/awesome-convenience-store-collaborations\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Convenience Store Collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Convenience\nstores in Japan are a great place to pick up snacks, drinks, and even meals.\nWhether you\u2019re in a rush or have some downtime, they always have what you need.\nSometimes, convenience stores collaborate with other brands to create more\namazing goodies. Here are some awesome convenience store collaborations to\ncheck out! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Calbee, one of Japan\u2019s well-known chips manufacturers, recently launched a collaboration with Family Mart. They created a pizza sandwich that tastes like the popular Calbee chips flavor \u3057\u3042\u308f\u305b\u30d0\u30bf\u30fc (\u2018shiawase bata\u2019, meaning \u201chappiness butter\u201d).  The wrap sandwich is filled with gooey, melted cheese, potatoes, butter, herbs, and broccoli. Pick one up for a nice, hearty lunch. Given how tasty Calbee\u2019s chips are, we\u2019re sure that this pizza sandwich won\u2019t disappoint. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Milk Craft Cream and Lawson <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you love dairy-based sweets, you\u2019re sure to enjoy Lawson and Milk Craft Cream\u2019s collaboration. Milk Craft Cream is a soft-serve ice cream shop with locations in Osaka, Tokyo, and Aichi. You might\u2019ve seen one of their shops with their characteristic cow statue out front. All of their products are made with ingredients from Kushiro, Hokkaido. Even if you don\u2019t like near a Milk Craft Cream shop, you might be able to try some of their sweets at a Lawson near you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Lawson and Milk Craft Cream collaboration products include a cream puff, a milk crepe, a cream-filled cake, and of course, ice cream. The special collaboration ice cream is topped with caramel and nuts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mr. Cheesecake and Seven Eleven <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Seven\nEleven and Mr. Cheesecake have worked together to bring us some sweet delights.\nAs the name suggests, Mr. Cheesecake is well known for their cheesecakes. However,\nwhen they teamed up with Seven Eleven, they made something a little different –\nice cream! There\u2019s a lemon and vanilla flavor that comes in a cup, as well as a\ncacao raspberry sauce cone. These ice creams are so popular that they\u2019re\nselling out in Seven Elevens across Japan. Make sure to try them before it\u2019s\ntoo late!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Although\nthis collaboration resulted in some sweet treats, it\u2019s not actually between\nLawson and a food manufacturer. NiziU is a popular girl group that produces\nmusic, movies, and other media. They teamed up with Lawson to create strawberry\nand chocolate roll cakes. The packaging features members of the girl group. We\ncan\u2019t be sure if they\u2019re any better than the average roll cake, but at 160 yen\na piece, they\u2019re a great, inexpensive snack. Whether you like roll cakes or\njust want to support the girl group, you can\u2019t go wrong with one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pierre Herme and Seven Eleven <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This collaboration is for those who love eclairs. Pierre Herme is well known for their French style sweets, such as macarons and tarts. While they\u2019re a higher-end brand that\u2019s typically sold in department stores, you can get one of their treats for only a few hundred yen at Seven Eleven. The collaboration has resulted in a delicious Marron Chocolat eclair. It is filled with three different types of cream: whipped cream, chocolate custard, and roasted chestnut cream. The pastry is soft, fluffy, and everything you\u2019d want in an eclair. If you\u2019re into chestnuts or eclairs, stop by Seven Eleven to pick one up before they\u2019re gone! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Muji has teamed up with  Family Mart, making it easier for you to purchase their classic, minimalist goods. That is if you live in Tokyo. The Muji and Lawson collaboration started out in a few Tokyo stores during the summer of 2020. If it is successful, the collaboration may expand to Lawson stores across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Right now, if you\u2019re lucky enough to live near one of the Lawson locations selected for the collaboration, you can pick up any one of over 500 Muji products without going to a Muji store. The products being sold at Lawson include underwear, microwaveable curry, cosmetics, and stationery. Muji once had a collaboration with Family Mart, but it ended in 2019. We hope to see Muji products in every Lawson in Japan, but for now, those of us who live outside of Tokyo will have to stick to visiting Muji stores.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Convenience stores in Japan are a great place to pick up snacks, drinks, and even meals. Whether you\u2019re in a rush or have some downtime, they always have what you need. Sometimes, convenience stores collaborate with other brands to create more amazing goodies. Here are some awesome convenience store collaborations to check out!  Calbee and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5323","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\/5323","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}