It’s a little sad - the other day I went into my neighborhood Lawson’s convenience store and the oden stand was gone. Oden came in the fall when it started getting chilly outside and it is the best warm-me-up convenience store food. Sure, home oden and izakaya oden are much better but on those windy nights where you are just too tired to cook at home…oden did the trick. I loved oden.

It is highly possible that you have not heard of or seen oden before. If you have not, read a description from bento.com and also check out their page on translating the oden menus from 7-11 and Lawson’s.