When the weather turns cold, Japan eats nabe. A nabe (鍋) is a hot pot: a pot of broth with vegetables and meat, cooked and eaten at the table. In November the konbini shelves fill up with ready-made versions, and 7-Eleven alone lists more than a dozen of them.
This is a short guide to what 7-Eleven is selling this month, what each one costs, and what to look for on the label. Prices are tax included and rounded to the yen.
Nabe sets at 7-Eleven
Rich miso chanko nabe (コク旨味噌ちゃんこ鍋): ¥605
Rich kimchi nabe (こく旨キムチ鍋): ¥559
Yuzu and dashi vegetable pork-shabu nabe (柚子とおだしでたべる野菜豚しゃぶ鍋): ¥559
Spicy miso motsu stew nabe, made with Hokkaido offal (辛味噌もつ煮込み鍋): ¥559
Chanko nabe is the hot pot that sumo wrestlers eat. Shabu-shabu means thin slices of pork cooked in broth. Motsu is offal.
7-Eleven has more nabe listed on its site, including a chicken paitan nabe, a sesame ponzu pork-shabu nabe, a 7Premium motsu nabe and a 7Premium spicy hotpot supervised by Haidilao. Not every store carries every item.
A soup that arrives on 9 November
Kiritanpo-nabe-style soup (きりたんぽ鍋風スープ), ¥430, goes on sale on 9 November, region by region. Kiritanpo is a rice stick from Akita that is traditionally cooked in a hot pot, so this is a way to taste the idea without the pot.
Make your own: soup bases
If your hotel room has a kitchen, a nabe tsuyu (鍋つゆ) is the base. You add water, vegetables and meat.
7Premium mild kimchi nabe tsuyu, 750 g (7プレミアム マイルドキムチ鍋つゆ): ¥268
7Premium grilled-flying-fish dashi nabe tsuyu (7プレミアム 焼きあごだし鍋つゆ): ¥268
7P Sumire miso kimchi nabe tsuyu, supervised by the ramen shop Sumire (名店監修鍋つゆ すみれ 味噌キムチ味): ¥311
Oden, the cheaper option at the register
Oden (おでん) is the pot of simmering broth by the cash register. 7-Eleven’s oden page lists 34 items, and most cost about ¥121 to ¥165 each with tax. You point at the items you want and tell the staff. Some items are regional, and a store may not have everything on the list.
Words to point at
鍋 (nabe): hot pot
味噌 (miso), キムチ (kimchi), しゃぶしゃぶ (shabu-shabu): flavors
鍋つゆ (nabe tsuyu): soup base for cooking your own
おでん (oden): the simmering pot at the register
温めてください (atatamete kudasai): please warm it up
Source: 7-Eleven Japan product pages (sej.co.jp).
Last checked on 4 November 2026.
Kaz