Will Eat-in Spaces in Japan’s Combini Disappear?
There’s no eating in the convenience store! At least, not anymore. FamilyMart has announced it’ll shutter around a third of its eat-in spaces. Could this kickstart a trend?
There’s no eating in the convenience store! At least, not anymore. FamilyMart has announced it’ll shutter around a third of its eat-in spaces. Could this kickstart a trend?
Korean convenience stores now outnumber Japanese ones per capita. But what’s behind their success, and what makes them different? We look at both – and discuss why combini are struggling while pyeoneuijeom are taking off.
Everyone loves Japan’s combini. Foreign tourists are enjoying their eat-in spaces too. But are tourists unfairly taking the blame for not following the country’s confusing eat-in rules?
One town in Japan put up a giant curtain to deter overtourism at a famous Mt. Fuji tourist spot. But where there’s a will, there’s a way: some people are now literally poking holes in the drape as a workaround.
Japan’s facing a minor crime wave of people pouring more combini coffee than they bought. And combinis are responding – with arrests.
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The city of Wakkanai in Hokkaido used to have only one convenience store chain. The next one was 100km off. That all changed this week.
Learn about Lawson’s Karaage-kun, the mega-hit product celebrating its 37th birthday – and how it’s gone where no nugget has gone before.
Japan’s second-largest convenience store (combini) chain aims to lead the way in creating a more sustainable future.
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