Remember I told you guys about Japanese bento (lunch boxes)? Well, the Japanese have another type of bento which is called ''ekiben'' (駅弁当), which is ''rail station lunch boxes''....(Eki means ''station'' in Japanese). Look at it as a kind of sub-genre of the bento culture.
Well. these ''Ekiben'' are commonly sold by/at trainstations, or sometimes on the trains as well, and each station often has its own unique kind ekiben's with local specialities and often VERY colourful, creative, funny and pretty box wrappings. The containers are also very colourful ranging from wood, plastic to ceramic(god knows how the Japanese thought of disposing all these garbage). The price is not bad either (from what I have seen anything from 800-1200 yen at the most), so it's ok. I wonder if I'll be able to try this out when I go to Japan:)
Japanese sources:
http://ekibento.jp/ ---> Japanese guy who have been collecting ekiben wrappers!!
http://www.youtube.com/user/sparro009 ---> Youtube videos courtesy made by a native Japanese (??) showing different types of ekiben's.
English sources:
http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/no-train-trip-would-be-complete-without-an-ekiben-boxed-lunch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekiben
http://felixcheung.spaces.live.com/blog/ --->English blog about Japanese food (have some posts on ekiben's)
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