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This Lawson konbini in Shinjuku has a bar for you to enjoy fried chicken with whisky

Munch on Lawson karaage while sipping a matching whisky at this convenience store-meets-bar collaboration in Tokyo

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Chris Hough
Deputy Editor, Time Out Tokyo
Lawson and Osake-no-Bijutsukan konbini bar in Shinjuku, whisky barrel
Photo: SuppliedLawson and Osake-no-Bijutsukan konbini bar in Shinjuku
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The days of eating karaage fried chicken out of the packet and drinking a can of highball while sitting on the pavement outside the konbini are over. At least at this convenience store in Tokyo.

Lawson and Osake-no-Bijutsukan (a self-styled ‘liquor museum’, but it's more of a bar, really) in the Washington Hotel building in Shinjuku have teamed up to open Tokyo’s first konbini-bar. The premise is simple: first, buy your snack of choice from Lawson, then walk over to the adjoining standing bar at Osake-no-Bijutsukan to enjoy your food with a drink.

Lawson fried chicken with Osake-no-Bijutsukan whisky
Photo: SuppliedLawson fried chicken with Osake-no-Bijutsukan whisky

It’s recommended that you pick up a box of Lawson’s karagekun, the convenience store’s famous fried chicken. If you do, you can enjoy it in the bar with a whisky that was specially made to go with the deep-fried chicken snack.

Osake-no-Bijutsukan bar in Shinjuku
Photo: SuppliedOsake-no-Bijutsukan bar in Shinjuku

There’s no table charge at Osake-no-Bijutsukan with your convenience store goods, but you do have to buy a drink at the bar. Good news, though, because all drinks cost just ¥500.

You can also enjoy the konbini-bar experience at venues in Hiroshima, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka and Saitama.

The Osake-no-Bijkutsukan in Shinjuku is open daily from 3pm to 11pm. More info here.

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