Bento boxes or ekiben are a staple of Japan's shinkansen culture. Where better to eat a delicious lunchbox than when you're hurtling through the countryside at 300km/h on a bullet train? As the ultimate hub for shinkansen travel, Tokyo station has many ekiben stores selling self-heating bento, cute character boxes and an array of regional specialties all packaged into fun bento boxes.
Check out our ekiben article:
https://tokyocheapo.com/food-and-drink/ekiben-bento-guide/
0:00 Intro
0:26 Where to buy ekiben
1:46 Ekiben price
2:37 Self-heating bento & butt detective ekiben
4:11 Morioka Jajamen & Yonezawa beef bento
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