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Japanophilia

(Famima!!)


Published: April 22, 2007 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025

Famima!! is a chain of convenience stores owned by FamilyMart of Japan. Famima!! is a unique kind of convenience store that carries deli-style foods, grocery items, snacks, magazines, and more. Food-wise, they offer bento boxes, sushi, rice balls, pasta, and panini, among others. The store itself is indelibly hip, with a sleek design and gourmet foods (both Japanese and American). Currently, the handful of stores are only located in California.


Famima!! (convenience store) food stores

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Japanophilia
This collection brings together student work from a seminar held at Occidental College, titled "Japanophilia: Orientalism, Nationalism, Transnationalism." The class examined the relationship between collecting/appropriating Japanese cultur…
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