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  • What is going on Members of the Barrio?

  • It's Jon coming to you from Tokyo.

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  • on any of our adventures from around the world.

  • Well today we're going to show you around a Japanese 7-11.

  • Here in Shinjuku.

  • I love these stores

  • because this a very expensive country

  • but if you just want to get a cheap snack

  • even a cheap meal,

  • alcohol,

  • they've got it all at 7-11.

  • And they're a bit different

  • than the 7-11's you're probably used to

  • in other places around the world.

  • Why don't we... go inside.

  • What's your favorite thing to buy at a Japanese 7-11?

  • I'll show you, you'll see.

  • Okay.

  • The first thing you see here is a little seating area.

  • If you order food you can take it there.

  • What are you looking at?

  • They have a lot of products for makeup and beauty.

  • This is by far Adriana's favorite thing here:

  • Pocky sticks.

  • They're just a dollar-fifty.

  • Give or take.

  • They are so much cheaper in Japan than anywhere else.

  • What are you doing?

  • Give it to me.

  • Another favorite in Japan:

  • KitKats.

  • Everywhere.

  • Chocolate everywhere.

  • If you're desperate for souvenirs,

  • come to 7-11.

  • Yep.

  • You can take everything with you.

  • Everything's so good.

  • I'm just going to take this one with me for now.

  • But I'm going to show you something.

  • Alright we're going on a trip.

  • Energy drinks?

  • Energy drinks.

  • Vitamin orange.

  • They look like poisons?

  • Or like syrup, like medical syrup.

  • They look very serious.

  • The Japanese energy drinks, they taste awful

  • but they get the trick done.

  • Guys...look at the snack section.

  • Oh yeah, here we go.

  • This is where you can get meals basically.

  • This is my favorite because

  • it's just rice.

  • I like it.

  • This is where you can go to pack up on lunch.

  • How much do the sandwiches cost?

  • No idea...

  • Uhh.. almost 3 dollars.

  • Show everyone.

  • It's a burger !

  • A burger.

  • Tons and tons of healthy options here

  • if you want to have any kind of lunch.

  • For example:

  • Tuna salad, just 2 dollars.

  • This stuff is great.

  • I love the breads here.

  • All the snacks,

  • just the pastries.

  • These are so cheap.

  • You just come here any time of day and grab one,

  • you're good.

  • We have American whiskey's here.

  • We have Japanese whisky

  • for about 14 dollars.

  • Suntory.

  • And we have a sake collection here.

  • Guys look at this you can bring your sake to a...soccer game?

  • To a picnic , I don't know.

  • It's like a little juice pack of sake.

  • Adriana is looking for her favorite flavored beer.

  • The sweetened beer we had.

  • It's not here.

  • She's so sad now.

  • Godiva chocolate, oh yeah!

  • Now we're talking.

  • Something I have to mention guys,

  • if you're looking for protein bars... be careful.

  • Because some of them are meat flavored.

  • Oh the meat flavored protein bars.

  • Savage.

  • Plenty of chicken and corn dog options.

  • These are the... pork buns right here.

  • They are famous

  • at 7-11.

  • Cheap too.

  • Yep.

  • When you see red, it means warm.

  • This coffee is really hot right now.

  • You can buy this in vending machines

  • or you can buy it at 7-11.

  • I recommend this over the Japanese energy drinks.

  • For sure.

  • They have all sorts of magazines here, including some... adult themes

  • behind there.

  • We're not going to film but

  • you can kind of use your imagination.

  • I don't even know what this is?

  • But it looks amazing.

  • I'm so boring, but this is actually the number one item

  • I probably bought at 7-11's in the last month in Japan.

  • Chocolate chip cookies

  • or Japanese style Macha white... Macha white choco.

  • Less than 5 dollars for...

  • 2 boxes of Pocky sticks

  • Broken pocky sticks

  • And... two mini-waters.

  • Guys something you have to be careful with

  • when you buy water in Japan.

  • Sometimes you can find this in English, sometimes you don't.

  • Some waters look like natural water,

  • they're actually lemonade water.

  • Lemon water, yeah.

  • Yeah so... when you try them,

  • you're like... ehh...

  • What is this?

  • Alright Members of the Barrio.

  • That was a quick trip to a Japanese 7-11.

  • Have you ever been to a Japanese 7-11 before?

  • I'm curious what's your favorite product?

  • I think I'm holding one of mine right here.

  • And Adriana's.

  • Pocky.

  • But they had so many random items in there

  • that you would only find in this country.

  • So I hope you enjoyed.

  • Make sure to subscribe if you are new to this channel.

  • We've still got a bit more coming up

  • from Japan.

  • Thank you so much for watching.

  • Until next time.

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