Going from won to yen can be confusing. At first glance I thought the whole cost was a dollar something... but it's more like 10 dollars haha whoops. In Korea we drop three 0's off the price and it's roughly that in US dollars.

Anyone else that loves the "BING!" sound in the intro. "It's Texan in Tokyo show, BING".

the mochi and red bean paste is making me die..i want it so much

I love conbini food! Ever since I've started studying in Japan about a year ago I've pretty much been living off it it since I can't cook and my dorm room is too small anyway. They do have a lot of unhealthy stuff but there is lots of yummy salads and other things. It's so nice how cheap it is even though everything is so delicious~ I swear some things I've eaten at the 7-11 have been tastier than stuff I've gotten at a really nice restaurant.

Lol your little intro thing "It's a' Texan in Tokyo Show... Bing!" Is so adorable! I totally smile every time I hear it watching your videos =) Keep it up!

Always love watching you Grace no matter what you are doing ;-)

Ooh, that dessert looks yummy! Thanks for the video ^-^

Nearly 10 dollars is pretty expensive. In some restaurants where I live you can get lunch including one main dish, salad, coffee and water for around 11-12 dollars. Of course, the food you can get from the convenience store in Japan might be just as good as the restaurant food, but where I live it is not even comparable.

This and all you other videos are great ^-^ Enjoyable and fun :3

I miss 7/11 in Japan so much! Japanese Combini is so much better than here in the states!

All of that looked so yummy! Makes me want to try it :) Good video Grace!

adding some little tiny greens makes it healthy.... lol.

Watching in 2020, miss you guys

Your personality is infectious. In a good way! Lol.

Thanks for making me hungry. Greens fix everything, that's why they put it in beer on saint Patrick day.

I think it would be super cool if you guys did a mini "cooking" series! Whenever I watch your Day in the Life videos, I'm always so curious to know how you guys create such delicious and healthy food ALL THE TIME.

Wow I've wondered really how it is in Japanese convenience store, thanks!

Looks real good. Would like to try the soda I have had lychee jello before loved it and I do love red bean stuff .thanks for sharing.

Looks Delicious! When I get there, I want to make a series solely on Konbini Food and the many KitKat flavors Japan has!

You are making me 7/11 and Family Mart so so much omg T^T *sobs*

That mochi dessert looks so good oh my gosh! I'm going to have to seriously investigate whether Berlin has any good Asian supermarkets now.

Red bean paste + mochi looks amazing! Would be lovely to make a green tea whipped cream to go with it!

I enjoy food/eating videos!

Since my first trip to Japan in 2011 I've become addicted to combini food. In Canada, convinience store food is ... well ... flavor less, not healthy at all and pretty limited...Oh and I forgot Totally expensive. I was amazed by Japanese combini. You can get a lot of stuff and it will not be that expensive. You have a lot of variety and its SOOOOO good. My favorite combini snacks : Melon pan, pudding. Seriously Japanese pudding is soooo good. I think its in 7 eleven that they have local milk pudding. And favorite combini meals : Onigiri, korroke and lawson chicken. I have an habit thought that when I eat something good Im scared to change my habit and be disapointed by what I ate ...so I usually eat the same things over and over again ... I will try to change that next time I go to JP. Your meal seems so delicious. ( Well almost every JP seems delicious to me lol)

oh god that anko...the mochi..uwaaa~~looked so goooood! It's been so frigging long since I have tasted that sweet sweet nectar..

watching your guys videos reminds me of all the cool things in Japan that I've forgotten over the years. I grew up there till I was 8 then moved to the states and man do I miss it. Especially the food xD haha

ahh I love the photos on the wall.. they are big photo films I use to see as a child..

I started watching your videos about two weeks ago and I find it really enjoyable to watch. I do notice certain things like I've never seen a clothes dryer in your videos and Japan seems to still dry clothes the old fashion way

One of the things I miss the most about my month in Japan is the food. And that includes the healthy food I got to eat with the lovely homestay families that took me in, but ALSO convenience store food, since that's what I got every day to eat over lunch break at my internship. Nearly a year past, I'm still craving it T.T

I love my veggies too my family thinks I am weird for liking them so much lol And when you were holding the mochi up the camera it looked like you were trying to feed us lol which I wouldn't mind since I want to try it lol Oh and I tried lychee soda because of you and I like it so thank you Grace :)

It looks all sooo yummyyyyy!!!

When Grace put the mochi bean paste desert in the camera, I actually opened my mouth hoping I would taste some. >.>'' It'd be nice if we had yummy desserts like that here :3

I awkwardly enjoyed this... Lol

uuuh that meal looks delicious!

This definitely makes me desire some Ryosuke and Grace cooking videos :) lol or some Japanese convenience store lunches. (will visit one day!)

I think that the Japanese convenience store food you can get, will be a lot healthier than most food/snacks available at similar shops in my home country of UK. I would love to be able to buy things like Onigir, Oden, Nikuman, Sushi/Sashimi etc. Love your channel too. only found it recently but have been watching other Jvloggers for a while. Hope to visit your beautiful country one day. I have been to Texas several times as I have family there?

Sprouts for the Win!!!!! Mochi and red bean paste is awesome! Reminds me of dates. (the fruit). Totally worth ransacking your local Asian market for! (for those not in Japan) Near where I am we have a market called Uwajimaya (I'm in the Pacific Northwest) They've just about anything you needs Japanese..including a book store. Lots of fun to wander around in. Making dashi for the first time as I type. The kelp is soaking. Fun vid! ^_^ I'm always amazed at the packaging solutions companies come up with over there. :D

Your videos magically make me feel better when I'm having a bad day!:) And I really miss Japanese convenience store food. It was really good and, sadly, probably better than something I can cook at home.

I love all your food/convenience store related videos :^D

As silly as it sounds, this was one of my favourite things in Japan. You could go to any convenience store and actually get a really cheap decent meal from a really varied selection at any time. Convenience store fare here is not only terrible but also terribly expensive. You'd never actually even consider getting a meal from a convenience store unless your idea of a meal is an overpriced week old hotdog and a bag of doritos.

That mochi looks so delicious! Ugh! Jealous in Florida >___

Awesome, I miss my bentonite box from family mart, when I was stationed in Okinawa

I was looking for more affordable options while I vacation in Japan and wont have a full kitchen. Thanks!

You poured that onto the rice perfectly. Nice..

Can you do a video about what variety of items you can get at a Japanese convenience store? The ideas you bring home are interesting, i'm curious about other things you can get there. Thanks! Love your videos!

Wow... That's kinda expensive... In certain parts of the east coast US we have a convenience store called Wawa. It's got fresh stuff, little to no preservatives, stuff is made right in front of you, usually under 5 minutes for your stuff to be made, & something about the size of your meal there would be ~$6-7.

a entree,a main courses and a dessert.the donburi as entree,the red bean mochi as main courses and the lychee as dessert.

I love mochi! Never tried the bean paste but the dessert looks really good.

I'm glad I live close to a Asian Market that sales fast food and fresh bake goods.

It's so hard to get enough veggies from conbini bento, or convenience food everywhere. I like to add spinach or broccoli as my go to veg addition. Those sprouts look good.

That red bean paste and mochi dish looks good.

I love Red Bean paste on all my deserts now

I'm a vegetable person too haha the meal did need a green touch

They look very cute together

I was wondering what that ball dessert was! Often the sweets are too sweet for me so I don't even try (unless I go on a random binge). You got me, I've been eating conbini meals every day because the sharehouse where I'm at has a sad, sad little kitchen. I think I need to learn to use the gas stove though, this conbini thing is ridiculous. (I'm only here for another 3 weeks before switching to a much better sharehouse with my husbaaaand)

Informative. Thanks, I guess.

Looked yummy.

I think it's only in Japan that you can actually find decent meals at a convenience store. I lived off of them my first few months in Japan. But I've actually never tried that dessert and it looks SO GOOD! Will get that on my next konbini visit.

I wish we could get something that good here in the states.

So yummy :)

THAT LOOKS SOO DAMN GOOD. Im just coming off a diet . . .

I think it's just strange that Japan has these Hi-Tech toilets but no clothes dryers lol

It looks sooo good tho

Honestly, Grace, a Schnitzel is very easily and swiftly made... Look up a recipe, you can adjust the breading to your own taste, adding to the fun! ^^

I learned that buying Onigiri is one of very popular way of meal for European visitors.

What happened to your milk allergy? Though that was a small amount of whipped cream....Thanks for the fun vids!

I have to constantly remind myself that beans can be sweet. I think of the beans typically found in refried beans, burritos, and salad. So when I hear about red bean paste I think its something salty or spicy instead of sweet.

ooooh

I have pronounced lychee wrong I pronounced it this way Lee-chay lol

And I'm here eating In&Out.

I actually think that the prices are great. I'm in Kyoto, and I prefer to buy from Fresco. It's not a conbini, but they have great variety of ready food. I love their Yakisoba

7-11 in Hawaii is not that bad. Very heavy Japanese influenced food along with Filipino and Korean too. YaaaaaY

Great channel! I am not sure how close you are in proximity to Kyde and Eric, but you should do a collab video(s) together. They also live in Japan and have a channel devoted to Japanese culture.

Hmm, not sure I would eat lunch from a convenience store unless I am bringing it along for a trip or an excursion. You can get fresher and better quality food from a good restaurant for the same price or even less. That said, I am addicted to 7-Eleven's awesome onigiri. They have the best 'mainstream' onigiri I have come across so far. Yum! But seeing how expensive they are, I only use convenience stores when they are truly convenient (e.g. after the local supermarkets close or if I'm in a hurry and cannot make it to the local supermarket in time). Since most conbini accept credit cards, I sometimes use them if I run short on cash and didn't have time to withdraw money (a special thank you to the local JP Bank ATMs closing at 5PM everyday).

Texan in Tokyo I will give you everything I own so that I can go to Japan even if my mom says no. I want to eat the food there TT~TT

That just made me crave omelet and rice...

What do you guys eat for breakfast? Japanese, Texan? Lol I moved from Australia to Texas in 2001 and I may say the size food took me by surprise.

someone else who sings the intro ? :)

7-eleven is actually a U.S. Convenience store! That mochi looked delicious 😍

these vignettes are addictive... have to do a five page paper on hypotensive shock and I am being distracted by these... why are these videos so interesting about everyday minor life in japan oy

0:59 lol

We have cicis pizza or lil Caesars and it's $5 for both. At cicis it's all u can eat and at the other it's a 8 slice pizza but I can live off that for the entire day lol I like 99 cent stores too. One day I'll see what living off convenience store food is like cause I am a picky eater and feel all that stuff is bleh

In México and other countries of Latinoamerica the minimum wage is $7 then you'll have to work for 2 days to pay the lunch haha

How much would it be if you eat at a fast food shop?

FYI to American KZfaqrs, exchange rate as of today according to Google is $1 to 124 Yen, so 1000 Yen is much closer to $8 than $10.

The current conversion rate is like ¥124 to $1 now so you can get a lot more for your buck!

*raises hand* I have a question! You mentioned that you write articles...what do you write articles for? I want to become a freelance writer so I was wondering if it was related to that...also...I love watching food videos. ^_^

hi, there is ¥100 voucher below the total price?

That's one food in Japan I never really cared for...red bean paste.

Be aware that you need to take your packaged food and place it into regular dishware at home. The plastic that they come in leech into your food as the microwave works. Otherwise it looked ok. And I don't think they use the kinds or amounts of preservatives in Japanese conbini foods that they do in the US.

Ahh Japan is so expensive!!! O.o But the convenient store food IS a lot better there than it is here, so I guess you get what you pay for? haha

I would totally eat this

This looks yummi! But I actually have a question that has been bothering me for quiet some time now. As a german, I'm would never consider a 9,20€ meal affordable (at least not for most people). For that price, you could easily have a meal and a drink at most restaurants. I know you allready made a video about how much life in japan costs, but I think you never talked about something like an average income. In germany, the average person earns about 1500€ after taxes. How high is the average income in japan? Or, as you always calculate into $, how high is the average monthely income in the US? I know that's not a fun question but it really makes me curious

7/11 and familymart år gonna get good sales from me

That lunch is pretty cheap. And it's actually delicious. I dont really go to conveniece stores only food courts. Lunch, just the food and drink would cost me $10 already. The dessert would probably be between $2+. Canada is freakin expensive man.

I wonder if the chinese coconut ball desserts are the same. red bean is really common and tasty ~ Is there any desserts in japan with custard, or lotus paste?

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I imagine Mochi with plum jam, do people eat that? :D

I just heard there was an 8.5 earthquake today in Tokyo. I hope you guys are okay and safe!

Maybe, you can do I video on why that is lol