Have you ever seen this store logo in Japan?? 

If so, you are actually very lucky!!!

Ministop is a Japanese convenience store owned by AEON.  It is franchise chain like other convenience stores in Japan. If you visit Japan, you will see the convenience stores such as Seven eleven, Lawson and Family mart everywhere. Compared to those stores, ministop expands in certain area, so finding one is actually not easy. 

However, ministop shows no sign of losing popularity. Ministop is the almost only the convenience store that serve “something” in Japan.  It makes ministop unique and different from others.  Can you guess what it is??

the answer is “the soft serve ice cream”! Ministop serves Belgium chocolate and Vanilla flavor. The Vanilla flavor is chosen fourth straight year as grand gold in Monde selection (https://news.walkerplus.com/article/107803/). There are many fans for the Belgium chocolate flavor as well.

Moreover, they often release seasonal and limited edition flavor.   fondant au chocolat is the most famous limited edition flavors they serve now! 

The hot chocolate fondant with the great quality of soft serve ice-cream. It tastes amazing! It is around 3.3 US dollars.