uh it's past midnight and i'm hungry
welcome to only in japan my name is luca nicora and i will be your host for this episode
tonight we'll be talking about convenience stores a trademark of modern japanese life
the most famous ones are 711 lawson and family mart what makes convenience stores or
konbini so convenient is not only that they are at basically every corner here in Japan
but also that they are open 24 7. let's check them out
party at sosuke all right on my way
Conivis have a variety of selection of snacks and fun stuff for the whole family
kind of a mix between moses and thor
they have frozen veggies fruits already made dishes and ice cream
they also have all kinds of alcohol such as wine liquor beers
and one of the most popular mixed drink ,the high ball it's also called whiskey and soda
here convenience stores such as 7-eleven don't only have snacks
but also fresh food like sandwiches bento boxes and oh delicious pastries
You can find pancakes at all convenience stores but the ones at 7-eleven are the best
you got a long day ahead or work all night ,get freshly brewed coffee for cheap
you can also find hot cans and bottles of coffee and tea
you had too much coffee and
need to use the bathroom they have clean bathrooms in most convenience
and they don't even expect you to buy anything to use them
wow so clean
for travelers they have all kinds of items
shaving cream, sunscreen, makeup toothbrushes you name it
SHARP i'm not sure what a sharp toothbrush is but it's got to be good
if you forgot your mask find them here
wearing a mask is widely accepted in japan since
every winter most people wear them to avoid the spread of the regular cold
talking about the flu they have basic drugs vitamins fruit juices teas even
hot water for your cup noodles
yep plenty of those too everything you need to get better
another cool thing is that a lot of products have their names in english to help you
figure out what you're buying if you didn't get it from the picture or the clear packaging
and if they don't have the english translation and you don't have wi-fi connection
connect to their free wi-fi and use your google translate app to check what it is
ah cream puff exactly what i was looking for
you owe your friend sosuke some money from last night's bender at a local izakaya where they
didn't take cards well you'll find atms at every convenience and they take all major credit cards
if you missed the last train to get back home because sosuke's party was such a hit
you can grab some food and a drink and sit here to chill and and engulf you're onigiri like me
other fun stuff you can do here is buy event tickets. Well not really in 2020.
you can print fax pay bills send packages recharge your paid phones and practice
counting your change with the help of a kind cashier
or just practice your japanese
pretty impressive huh
in japan convenience stores have really raised the bar to its paroxysm
paroxysm peroxisome what huh paroxysm peroxysm
It's the PEAK it's an intelligent word that i can't spell
in japan convenience stores have really raised the bar to its peak
but i like peroxysm
SO say peroxysm And then also put text that says peroxysm
paroxysm means peak
i think i'm just going to keep this whole interaction
yeah good good this is perfect say peroxysm again
perixism again
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What's paroxysm?
when you have two pairs of scissors NO! what? no!