The Japanese love for bento dates back to the Edo period.

The prototype of a bento is just a few seaweed rice balls, maybe with some pickles; as the living standards of ordinary people improve, the bento also becomes luxurious.

"Hanami-viewing lunch boxes", "theater lunch boxes", "cruise boat lunch boxes", "outing lunch boxes"... In short, they are closely related to people's lives.

?Please click to enter the image description. Japanese train bento is called "ekiben". There are different opinions about its origin.

Some say it originated from rice balls wrapped in bamboo leaves served at Utsunomiya Station on the Tohoku Main Line in 1885, while others say it originated from meals served in bamboo bento boxes at Ueno Station in 1883.

? Of course, Japanese train bentos are slightly different from the box lunches we eat on domestic trains: their bentos are bought at the station and taken on the train instead of being sold on the train.

In the beginning, train bentos were sold standing up, but now most bentos are sold in "ekibenya".

In the minds of many Japanese people, when they think of autumn, they always automatically think of chestnuts.

Every autumn, major cake shops and confectionery shops in Japan will launch chestnut yokan, chestnut cake and other desserts, and convenience stores will also launch many snacks and breads made with chestnuts.

Since autumn is also the season for harvesting new rice, chestnut rice, a combination of chestnuts and rice, will also appear on the autumn tables of many Japanese families.

When many people eat chestnut rice, they not only feel the strong autumn mood, but also feel a bit of nostalgia.

In autumn, Japan's Shinkansen will also launch chestnut rice ekiben, and even the box is made into the shape of a chestnut.