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!