In Japan, eating and drinking in public is frowned upon and the chances of seeing a Japanese drinking a sip of water on the metro are almost none. Even after purchasing a drink from a vending machine, the Japanese will drink the beverage by the vending machine, throw away the container then walk away.
On the Shinkansen high-speed train, however, the rules are totally different. Many passengers can be seen eating from bento boxes and some bring real feasts with them! Oh well, when in Japan, one should behave like a Japanese... Here are some snapshots of our foodie adventures on board various Shinkansens.
Even before boarding the shinkansen, ramen (noodle) bars can be found on the platform...
with customers gulping their ramen while standing:
On the Shinkansen, an employee makes several rounds with trolleys filled with all sorts of drinks and snacks.
One can even buy a special "train edition" iced green tea.
The train stations are filled with all sorts of shops selling food for the train ride such as onigiri (rice balls)...
and bento boxes:
These are 2 bento boxes that we tried:
And the second one:
This is one light dinner we bought in Hiroshima before heading to Kyoto:
Some macarons from Family Mart: yuzu and maccha flavors.
Breakfast one morning as we headed out of Kyoto, with three types of baked doughnuts: dried apple, Earl Grey, strawberry.
And finally, some Club Harie baumkuchen bought from the Takashimaya in JR Nagoya. Surprisingly, this German cake is immensely popular in Japan, where it is known as baumukūhen.
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