Japanese Gourmet / 駅弁(Ekiben) / Lunch Box

Hi, this is Yuyujin.
How are you?
Today I would like to introduce Japanese Lunch Box, 駅弁 (Ekiben).

駅弁 (Ekiben) is a lunch box to eat while traveling.
駅弁 (Ekiben) is eaten on trains and buses.
You will find a various 駅弁 (Ekiben) in station shops.
I’m looking forward to finding 駅弁 (Ekiben) using local specialty ingredients.
Let’s take a look at some of 駅弁 (Ekiben) .

You also find various beer and Alcoholic beverage in station shops.

Contents

Seafood lunch box
Meat lunch box
幕ノ内弁当 (Makunouchi Bento)
Sandwich

Seafood lunch box

いくら石狩鮨 (Ikura Ishikari Sushi)

This lunch box is a specialty lunch of Hokkaido.
This lunch box contains crab, salmon roe and salmon sushi.
It’s very delicious.

いかめし (Ika Meshi)

いかめし (Ikameshi) is squid stuffed with sweet soy sauce-flavored rice.
もち米 (mochi rice) is used for this いかめし (Ikameshi).
It is sticky and tasty rice.

瀬戸のかきめし (Setono Kaki Meshi)

Soy sauce flavored rice is used in かきめし (Kaki Meshi)
It has steamed oysters with soy sauce flavor.

Meat lunch box

親子めし (Oyako Meshi)

親子 (Oyako) means parent and child.
This lunch box uses chicken and eggs.
That’s why the name has 親子 (Oyako).
Flavored ground chicken and sweet seasoned scrambled eggs are on the rice.
And it has fried chicken and chicken meatballs

ローストビーフステーキ弁当 (Roast Beef Steak Bento)

ローストビーフステーキ弁当 (Roast Beef Steak Bento) has roast beef steak on the white rice.
The roast beef steak is juicy and delicious.

唐揚げざんまい弁当（Various Fried chicken Bento）

This lunch box has three different types of fried chicken.
The three types of fried chicken are ginger soy sauce flavor, garlic soy sauce flavor, and sweet vinegar flavor.
This time I have it with special Tokyo design Coke.

幕ノ内弁当 (Makunouchi Bento)

幕ノ内弁当 (Makunouchi Bento) is a bento (lunch box ) with rice and several dishes.
The bento is eaten during the intermission , makunouchi in Japanese.
That’s why it is named “Makunouchi Bento”
You can enjoy various dishes.

駅弁幕の内 (Ekiben Makunouchi)

I bought this 幕の内弁当 (Makunouchi Bento) in Tokyo Station.
This lunch box is a general 幕ノ内弁当 (Makunouchi Bento).

あしがら弁当 (Ashigara Bento)

I bought this bento in ロマンスカー (Romance car) that run from 新宿 (Shinjyuku) and 箱根 (Hakone).
箱根 (Hakone) is a famous place of hot spring.
I had this in the fall.
I enjoyed seasonal food.