FamilyMart in Osaka City, Sekime station shop

Daytime shot of a FamilyMart in Tokyo

FamilyMart (Japanese: ファミリーマート) TYO: 8028 is a "konbini" or convenience store franchise chain in Japan. Established September 1, 1981. FamilyMart is owned and overseen by FamilyMart Co., Ltd. All of the usual Japanese convenience store goods such as basic grocery items, magazines, manga, soft drinks, contraceptives, nikuman, fried chicken, onigiri, and bento are available. Image File history File links Family_Mart photography day, April, 2005 photography person MASA photography place Osaka City Sekime station, store File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Family_Mart photography day, April, 2005 photography person MASA photography place Osaka City Sekime station, store File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Keihan Main Line (京阪本線, -honsen) is a railway line of Keihan Electric Railway. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The Tokyo Stock Exchange ), or TSE, is one of the largest stock exchange markets in the world by monetary volume located in Tokyo, Japan, second only to the New York Stock Exchange. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Franchising (from the French for honesty or freedom[1]) is a method of doing business wherein a franchisor licenses trademarks and tried and proven methods of doing business to a franchisee in exchange for a recurring payment, and usually a percentage piece of gross sales or gross profits as well... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the magazine as a published medium. ... This article is about the comics published in East Asian countries. ... A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... Nikuman A nikuman, (肉まん; derived from 肉饅頭 niku (meat) manjÅ«), is a Japanese food made from flour dough, and filled with cooked ground pork or other ingredients. ... KFCs Fried chicken with french fries. ... Onigiri Onigiri (お握り) also known as Omusubi (おむすび) is a Japanese (short grain) rice ball snack most commonly formed into triangle or oval shapes and wrapped in seaweed (nori). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

FamilyMart's official motto is "FamilyMart, Where You Are One of the Family."

FamilyMart also has franchise stores in Thailand, South Korea, Taiwan, and in Shanghai, China. Worldwide, it operates over 12,000 stores, with fast growth in Asia outside of Japan. In Japan, it operates over 6,000 stores. Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin:  ; Wu (Long-short): ZÃ¥nhae; Shanghainese (IPA): ), situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China and the seventh largest in the world. ...

Beginning in July 2005, FamilyMart began building and opening several stores in Los Angeles, the United States, the first of 250 planned in the USA by 2009. The North American brand name will be "Famima!!". Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Family Mart Osaka City Sekime Station Shop FamilyMart is a konbini or convenience store franchise chain in Japan. ...

On January 30, 2006, FamilyMart will begin a trial operation of an automatic cashier station at one Tokyo location, in cooperation with Itochu and Toshiba. Special tags on each item in a shopping basket can be sensed remotely and instantly at the register, and the total cost is immediately displayed. is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...   , literally Eastern capital) is a unique subnational administrative region of Japan with characteristics of both a prefecture and a city. ... ITOCHU Corporation (In Kanji: 伊藤忠商事, Itō-ChÅ« Shōji) (TYO: 8001) (OTC:ITOCY) formerly C.ITOCHU is a japanese general trading (sogo shosha) concern based in Osaka, Japan, ITOCHU was founded in 1958 by Chubei Ito. ... Toshiba Corporations headquarters (Center) in Hamamatsucho, Tokyo Toshiba Corporation sales by division for year ending March, 31 2005 Toshiba Corporation ) (TYO: 6502 ) is a multinational high technology electrical and electronics manufacturing firm, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...

External links

• FamilyMart official homepage in Japanese.
• FamilyMart official English homepage in English.
• Famima USA homepage
• FamilyMart Korea homepage
• FamilyMart India homepage
• FamilyMart Taiwan homepage
• News release (Japanese) on electronic tag trial