The humble bento is one of Japan's most recognizable culinary landmarks — and one of its most successful exports, known the world over as a delicious, accessible, and portable lunch. But while it's ...

The carefully made Kareigawa Bento, featuring local Kagoshima cuisine, is sold at a wooden train station more than 120 years ...

Inside a glass-fronted kitchen at a shop within JR Hiroshima Station, Hiroshima Ekibento Co., founded in 1901, prepares and ...

Japan is one of the most culinarily rich countries on Earth, and many of its ancient food traditions live on today. One of the most iconic and resilient of these traditions is the humble bento box — a ...

TOKYO - Washoku, traditional Japanese cuisine, has been registered on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The registration is believed to be in recognition that Japanese dishes, including ...

Despite protestations from Japanese farmers and members of the government bento lunch boxes made in the US went on sale for the first time in Tokyo (July 19) today. According to Nippon Restaurant ...

JRPass has compiled practical advice for tourists to help them follow local customs when travelling by train in Japan.

The aroma of aged wood and the feel of burnished metal on some of the oldest trains to the modern shinkansen, or bullet trains, awaits visitors to a unique experience in Nagoya, Japan. The train ...