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中文(繁體)Eki-ben! Attractive lunch box in station!
DATE:2017/02/17
Eki-ben is the lunch box you can buy in stations in Japan.
There are some attractive points of Eki-ben we want to introduce here.
Eki-ben doesn't mean a just lunch box but it contains local food and special food from the area where the lunch box is sold.
You can eat the lunch box on the way in train, so you can enjoy it while you are traveling for a long time.
It's not just about the food inside.
You can enjoy creative containers of the lunch boxes.
It can be a shinkansen container or sometimes a rice cooker. The container is designed to fit the theme of the station.
People use the container after they eat the food inside and wash it home.
There is a week point in lunch box.
Normally you have to eat the food at a room temperature. For example, meat loses it's taste when it gets cold after cooking.
However there is a creative Eki-ben overcomes that week point.
This lunch box you see in the picture can be heated with pulling the strings on it. So you can actually enjoy hot food.
There are many lunch boxes which can be heated in the same way. Give it a try.
How do you think about Eki-ben?
There is a variety of local lunch boxes in each station. You can find inexpensive one and expensive one as well.
Eki-ben has a selection of very tasty local ones. Give it a try when you travel around Japan.
