Conversation at Japanese coworking space: "What's a bodega?" "A vending machine." "No no apparently there's another one." "Oh, a conbini."
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(Conbini / コンビニ is an abbreviation of the transliteration of "convenience store." They're ubiquitous in Japan; similar ecological niche.)
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Common products include a variety of hot food for takeout, drinks/cigs/prepared food for microwaving (on or offsite), magazines, services.
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My ambient impression is that the services would be most surprising. You can do things like pay for an Internet order with cash, receive
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packages (for free), pay your gas bill or taxes, etc. Also typically have an ATM and a multipurpose copy/fax/ticket purchasing machine.
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I was low-grade disappointed you can't buy mutual funds but apparently you can buy some forms of insurance these days. For reals.
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