 Ekiben
(駅弁, Ekiben) (Railway boxed meal) - A specific type
of bento boxed meals, sold on trains and at train stations
in Japan. First sold in 1885 at Utsunomiya Station (north of
Tokyo), they were then, a simple meal of rice balls, with
umeboshi filling, wrapped in a bamboo leaf. Today, many
types of ekiben can be purchased; at stands in the station,
on the platform, or on the train itself. They come with
disposable chopsticks (when necessary), and tea, hot or
cold, is frequently available with the meal. Ekiben
containers can be very attractive: made from plastic, wood,
or ceramic. Many train stations have since become famous for
their especially tasty ekiben, made from local food
specialties.
Ekiben is also used by young Japanese people to describe the
sexual position of a man holding a woman up during
intercourse against a wall; it is so called because they are
"eating" while standing up, just like people eat "ekiben" in
the train station.
Information source: “Ekiben.” wikipedia.org. Article date: 4
Feb. 2008. Retrieved: Wikipedia. 8 Feb. 2008 <Ekiben>.
Video - The following is Sayuri Yoshinaga,
a famous actress in Japan, eating ekiben on a train. |
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