I don’t care what you say, the best part of traveling by Shinkansen isn’t the train, it is all the Ekiben choices.

by American-in-Japan1

6 Comments

  1. ArmsForPeace84

    The first time I tried oden was on the shinkansen to Hokkaido. And I think that was actually a bento sold on the train, which from what I’m reading now in trying to look it up, is no longer a thing. It was even better than what I picked up at the station!

  2. JemmaMimic

    Getting the shumai setto was a Shinkansen ritual for me. Not only because the shoyu came in an itty-bitty ceramic container that I now have a collection of.

  3. MyPasswordIsABC999

    My favorite is the self-heating bento boxes. You pull a string and poof, you have sukiyaki on a bed of warm rice.

  4. I like how stations often have local delicacy ekibens that you cannot get anywhere else. A few larger cities sell some of the local, but I think the smaller towns keep the better stuff for themselves.

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