Ekiben Japan

Noto's nature was scarred in the 2024 earthquake, yet the abalone bento still celebrates the peninsula's premium shellfish, enhanced with local salt.

The carefully made Kareigawa Bento, featuring local Kagoshima cuisine, is sold at a wooden train station more than 120 years old, which tells the story of people brought together by the ekiben.

An ekiben with specialty yuzu from Umaji Village is available beside a tourist railway in Kochi.
Yuzu once saved the village from extinction. This is the story of people behind yuzu fragrant ekiben.

An ekiben from Hokkaido's Hidaka region uses kombu and shellfish. 
It's a bento filled with the bounty of the sea nurtured by northern fishermen.