Bullet prepare journey will get a tasty new ekiben improve.
One of many nice issues about taking a visit on the Shinkansen bullet prepare is the prospect to choose up an “ekiben” (“station bento“) earlier than boarding. Now, there’s an ekiben that everybody might be scrambling to buy, as a result of not solely does it seize the spirit of journey in appears however in style as properly.
Known as the “Tokaido Shinkansen Sushi Journey“, this limited-edition bento incorporates six varieties of sushi impressed by the specialties you’ll discover alongside the Tokaido Shinkansen route.
▼ 東海道新幹線寿司の旅 (“Tokaido Shinkansen Sushi no Tabi” [“Tokaido Shinkansen Sushi Journey“])
As proven above, the bento incorporates the next sushi, which seize well-known flavours from six cities:
・Tokyo — Conger Eel Sushi
・Yokohama — Crimson Brick Roast Beef Sushi
・Shizuoka — Wasabi Flavour Inari
・Nagoya — Miso Cutlet Sushi
・Kyoto — Hamo (pike conger eel) Sushi
・Osaka — Battera (a kind of pressed sushi)
Priced at 1,780 yen (US$11.93), this can be a nice choice of high-quality sushi, and also you even get a small facet dish of simmered meat and greens and a slice of rolled omelette and kamaboko (fish paste). Whereas the meal itself appears improbable, so too does the field it is available in, because the style journey is fantastically portrayed on the within of the lid…
▼ …and on the highest, the place you’ll discover a scenic view of Mt Fuji and the N700S Shinkansen, which you’ll seemingly be on whereas consuming the bento.
The bento additionally contains one in every of 5 memento postcards showcasing the Shinkansen that run alongside the well-known Tokaido route, together with the uncommon Physician Yellow diagnostics bullet prepare, which is presently within the means of being retired.
▼ Even the cardboard sleeve protecting the bento is fantastically designed to seem like the physique of the N700 Shinkansen.
It’s a phenomenal bento that may be reused to your lunches all year long, but it surely’s solely obtainable at choose shops for a restricted time. Following its look on the Tokaido Memento Assortment occasion held at Parche within the Shizuoka Station Constructing from 12-14 October, it’s going to subsequent seem on the Maglev and Railway Corridor in Minato Ward, Nagoya Metropolis, from 16 October, and at shops operated by JR Tokai Retailing Plus inside Tokyo Station from 21 October.
With autumn being an excellent time to journey in Japan, this bento is completely timed for anybody journeying alongside the favored Tokyo-to-Osaka route, making it the right travelling companion for sightseers this season.
Supply, photographs: Press launch
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