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What is bento? The Japanese boxed meal, from rice balls to makunouchi
Bento is a meal carried to be eaten away from home. How it grew from rice balls wrapped in leaves into the makunouchi and shōkadō boxes of today. -
What is ekiben? Japan's railway bento and Tōge no Kamameshi
Ekiben are boxed meals sold at Japan's railway stations. Learn where they are said to have begun in 1885, why every region has its own, and how Tōge no Kamameshi fits in. -
What is kamameshi? The Japanese rice dish and Tōge no Kamameshi
Kamameshi is rice cooked with seafood, chicken or vegetables in a small pot for one. Learn how it began, and how Tōge no Kamameshi became the station meal in a pot.