Oginoya
History
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Japan's drive-ins: the roadside restaurants where you get out of the car
In Japan a drive-in is a roadside restaurant with a big parking lot, built for the car and bus travel of the 1960s. How it differs from a service area or a michi-no-eki, and why an ekiben maker opened one. -
Oginoya: the station vendor behind Tōge no Kamameshi
Oginoya has sold meals to rail travelers at Yokokawa Station since 1885. This is how a small mountain station produced Tōge no Kamameshi, one of Japan's best-known ekiben.