The train stations in Japan has a variety of food shops with a majority selling pre-packed meals already in bento boxes ready to go. Purchases take less than 5 minutes and because you can eat on the train, it is really pick-up and go.
I got this bento box at the Shinkansen station in Osaka. Look at the extensiveness of this box. At around US$8, I got 3 kinds of rice, fish, egg, chicken balls, shrimp tempura, pickles – quite filling and actually quite oishi for a packed cold lunch. And check-out the box! Made of styrofoam (who would have guessed!), it is actually printed so it resembles a nice, decent lacquer bento box. Japanese people are all about beauty and that’s what I love about this country. I have visited Japan so many times that I care to remember, and their attention to detail and beauty has never seized to amaze me each and every time.
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