Located on the busy shopping street of Robson in downtown Vancouver, Konbiniya, is a Japanese convenience store that is very popular both with Japanese and non-Japanese customers. I have a few Japanese friends who have fond memories of shopping there often when they lived in Vancouver!
We were lucky to stay near Robson street during our holidays and we enjoyed taking advantage of the store's late hours! It was so easy to pop in and pick up some of the desserts to try!
One of our favourite desserts during our stay had to be the soft serve ice cream! You can order this from Bon Crepe which even has a window to order ice cream from outside Konbiniya.
Vanilla soft serve and Matcha soft serve.
Matcha twist soft serve!
We also tried this cream caramel pudding, which was also quite delicious! Made by CakeYa Port Moody.
Konbiniya can get busy, so keep that in mind if you plan to visit. There are usually two cashiers and the staff was great about helping customers find anything they were looking for.
Sooo many snacks!
Coconama chocolates were also a delicious snack find. Soft, melt-in-your-mouth truffle cubes with a variety of flavors like mango and green tea!
In the front of the store, are some capsule toy machines that my kids enjoyed trying out. They loved that we had to use coins too ;) Sweden is a very card based society. We did find some small coin toy machines before but those machines have since been removed.
Squishy ball and Totoro toy were acquired!
Stay safe and remember, don't forget your snacks!
Konbiniya Japan Center
1238 Robson St, Vancouver, BC V6E 1C1
Check out their website to see what's available. They also have opened another location in Kerrisdale!
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