The convenience store selection changes with the season, and oden is one such example. During the winter months, you’ll find heated metal pots filled with various foods — tofu, boiled eggs, fish cakes, and daikon radish — near the cashier. Grab a plastic bowl and serve yourself, picking and choosing what to put in the dish’s hot broth base. The clerk will ring you up based on the ingredients you selected.
If oden isn’t gonna cut it, pair the famous konbini fried chicken with a bowl of instant noodles. Lawson in particular is known for their fried chicken, which is cooked on-site and sold in the hot foods section near the register. Pair it with a steaming-hot bowl of instant ramen or yakisoba (fried noodles), which you can make and season in-store.