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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. 00:00 Start 00:44 Inside Tokyo Station: Guide 01:28 Bento Shop in Tokyo Station 01:47 Where is Tohoku? 02:32 A Hungry Man 03:00 ① Bento Set Unboxed 07:28 Shinkansen Blasts Past Camera 08:18 ② Bento Set Unboxed - Gyutan 11:32 Sendai Station 13:15 ③ Bento Set Unboxed - Ikura / Uni 17:10 Morioka Station 18:16 GRAN CLASS Car 19:00 ④ Bento Set Unboxed - Tohoku 20:08 Our Favorite Train Bento 21:23 Shin-Aomori Station 21:41 Conclusion ★ The ONLY in JAPAN Animated Opening was created for John by D'ART Shtajio https://dartshtajio.com/​ Thank you to Peter, visit his channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCVv5X_tcJoNErw5isUOcVXQ ◉ 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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ONLY in JAPAN

I will be going LIVE soon and eating 3 ekiben - for dinner :) on GO to help promote the new video.

Solomon

Great episode btw. The Tohoku shinkansen is so sleek and catches the eye. And those self heating bento are fascinating!

ahmi 87

Snacks and Tracks 🤔

Prateek Rani

Title : "Japanese Bullet Trains & Bento Boxes" Like @Mrs. Quills mentioned - a lot of people probably know the term "Bullet Train" more than "Shinkansen". Using "Bullet Train" may definitely help increase the eyeballs on the video

Regina K

Gourmet bento on Japanese bullet trains

Grace Awtrey

"I only dine with the finest plastic sporks" 🤣 I wonder the science behind the self heating.

Sean

JR East Pass Bento Extravaganza!

Jason Bourgeois

Really enjoyed the episode! I like the title you've chosen! 👍

Kati 007

I loved the combination of outside drone shots and inside ekiben shots 👍👍

Lisa

Great episode. Would love to sit in First class but would have to stick with regular seating which looks comfy and I have to say the Grilled meat with rice looked the best to me as well. Thanks for another great episode.