Lawson Brings Saijo Napolitan Back After Five Years

Inspired by a local pasta specialty from Ehime Prefecture, the dish returns exclusively to Lawson stores across the Chugoku and Shikoku regions.

Lawson's Saijo Napolitan

Lawson is reviving a local pasta favorite from Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku in western Japan, for the first time in five years.

Saijo Napolitan, inspired by the city’s local specialty Saijo Teppan Napolitan, will go on sale SEPT. 15, 2026, at roughly 1,500 Lawson stores across the Chugoku and Shikoku regions, priced at ¥697. A previous version was sold in the same region in 2021.

What Is Saijo Teppan Napolitan?

It starts with Napolitan, the distinctly Japanese spaghetti dish typically dressed in a ketchup-based sauce. Saijo’s local version, known as Saijo Teppan Napolitan, has two defining features: it includes egg and is served sizzling on a teppan, or hot iron plate.

Beyond those basics, restaurants around Saijo are free to make it their own, using different sauces, ingredients and toppings. The teppan is said to have become part of the local style because it keeps the pasta warm for diners who like to take their time over a meal.

Lawson’s version skips the teppan, naturally, but keeps the egg connection with fluffy scrambled eggs and adds a frankfurter on top. The ketchup-based sauce also includes orange juice to balance sweetness and acidity — a detail that calls to mind the citrus fruits widely grown around Saijo.

It is less a literal reproduction of the restaurant dish than a konbini take on one of Saijo’s best-known local comfort foods.