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Ekiben

Ekiben (駅弁; railway bento) are a type of bento boxed meals, sold on trains and at train stations in Japan. They come with disposable chopsticks (when necessary) or spoons. Ekiben containers can be made from plastic, wood, or ceramic. Many train stations have become famous for their ekiben made from local food specialties (tokusanhin).

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Associated cuisine
Japanese
Type
Boxed meal

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Ekiben

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples30
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
Components1

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Ekiben

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related to history · 14
Ekiben → At, Before, During, Himeji Station, Hokkaido, In, It, Mori Station, Nihon Tetsudo, The, These, Tokyo, Ueno Station, Utsunomiya Station
related to Types · 7
Ekiben → For, Japan, Taiwan, Taiwan Railway Bento, The, There, Toyama Prefecture
related to Gallery · 4
Ekiben → Hiroshima StationSukiyaki, Kamakura StationA, Shinkansen, Yonezawa Station
Associated cuisine · 1
Ekiben → Japanese
Type · 1
Ekiben → Boxed meal

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station railway trains stations train sold bento also meal shinkansen many local first travel meals popularity rice japan popular necessary

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
EkibenAssociated cuisineJapanese1.00infobox
EkibenTypeBoxed meal1.00infobox
the Shinkansen also eliminated many stops along a railway journeyinstance ofFaster trains0.80text
which contributed to its declineinstance ofFaster trains0.80text
and some stations no longer offer ekibeninstance ofFaster trains0.80text
Ekibenrelated to GalleryShinkansen0.60section
Ekibenrelated to GalleryKamakura StationA0.60section
Ekibenrelated to GalleryHiroshima StationSukiyaki0.60section
Ekibenrelated to GalleryYonezawa Station0.60section
Ekibenrelated to historyThe0.60section
Ekibenrelated to historyBefore0.60section
Ekibenrelated to historyDuring0.60section

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