conbini

The train stations have bookstores galore, conbini galore convenience stores, which are a class above the US variety, tons of little restaurants... clothing stores, fresh vegetable vendors, accessory shops, and fresh fish mongers.

Archive 2010-04-01 2010

The train stations have bookstores galore, conbini galore convenience stores, which are a class above the US variety, tons of little restaurants... clothing stores, fresh vegetable vendors, accessory shops, and fresh fish mongers.

The Trains 2010

And now the conbini are setting their sights abroad.

High Convenience 2007

Convenience stores in Japan, known there as conbini, are upscale, tech-driven emporiums where customers can buy fresh sushi, book travel packages and order tickets to baseball games, movies and Tokyo Disneyland.

Market Forces 2007

Not so in Japan, where the 38,000 conbini, as they're known, use cutting-edge information technology to serve the spontaneous desires of their customers, from ski-lift tickets to banking services (which Wal-Mart is fighting a legal battle to offer in its U.S. stores).

High Convenience 2007

Jeni: I miss them too- but I was shocked to see a conbini called "Famimia" on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica- TOTAL Japanese conbini dayou.

Tuna Toast Tokyoastrogirl 2006

Day 17 - Your karaoke top 5, your sushi top 5, your conbini top 5.

Nihon Ajimi ～ Jamie's Tokyo Blog 火ちゃん 2010

Then you'll need to purchase the appropriate sodai gomi stickers from your local conbini or the post office.

FG waruta 2010

The Japanese tend to take things overboard on some issues but will still fill a rack of smut in the conbini.

UnderwaterTimes.com News of the Underwater World 2010

Conbini snacks serve some people well enough but it's likely that the conbini closest to the park will be jam-packed with a huge crowd clamouring to get their food and drinks.

Tokyo Metblogs astrorainfall 2009