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/pas...

Tohoku-Hokkaido Shinkansen Train Schedule in English: https://www.eki-net.com/pc/jreast-shi...
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

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