Japanese Gourmet Train Food | Shinkansen Bento Adventure ★ ONLY in JAPAN

Japan's Bullet-train or Shinkansen is super fast, traveling at speeds of 350km/hr through wide landscapes of rice paddies of north Japan. This is the Tohoku-Hokkaido Shinkansen and in this episode we'll ride from Tokyo Station to Shin-Aomori in regular and GRAN CLASS cars eating 7 gourmet ekiben, Japanese Train Food. Joining me on this adventure is Peter von Gomm and we'll be eating our way across Tohoku. ★ What is an EKIBEN? It's a Bento (Japanese gourmet boxed lunch) sold at express train station to be eaten on the Shinkansen or special rapid trains. It is always prepared fresh using local ingredients highlighting the regions gastronomical attractions. They usually cost between 750 yen and 1600 yen but can go as high as 3000 yen for Kobe Beef, A5 wagyu, domestic unagi and other luxury foods. They usually sell out by 4pm, not many choices for dinner. ★ The JR EAST PASS (Tohoku Area) is 20,000 yen for 5 days of consecutive shinkansen and train travel for foreign tourists and foreign residents of Japan with a non-Japanese passport. More informmation: https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/pass/eastpass_t.html Tohoku-Hokkaido Shinkansen Train Schedule in English: https://www.eki-net.com/pc/jreast-shinkansen-reservation/English/wb/common/timetable/e_tohoku_d/index.html EKIBENYA MATSURI (駅弁屋 祭) has several shops inside Tokyo Station, open from 5am. ★ The ONLY in JAPAN Animated Opening was created for John by D'ART Shtajio https://dartshtajio.com/​ Thank you to Peter, visit his channel: ◉ Media Inquiries & Questions: Please contact me through http://onlyinjapan.tv​ ONLY in JAPAN ® is a registered trademark - All rights reserved. John Daub has been a reporter for NHK World TV since 2008 and YouTube creator & producer of the ONLY in JAPAN ® series building a community of over 1.6M. Thanks for watching! #onlyinjapan​ #tokyo #shinkansen


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