Seasoning the Seasons - Season 3 Episode 3 Ekiben - A Box of Flavor and Feeling
When going on a trip, packing a lunch box to take was the standard. In 1885, the first lunch box was sold at a train station. Called an "ekiben", there are now all kinds of them sold in stations all over Japan. The contents of the small ekiben lunch box reflect a place and a time, and are filled with the flavors of that region, the emotions of the person who made it, and the memories of a journey. We look at both the ekiben, much loved by Japanese people, and at a wonderful ekiben culture.
First Air Date: Apr 04, 2012
Last Air date: Oct 14, 2024
Season: 13 Season
Episode: 161 Episode
Runtime: 28 minutes
IMDb: 10.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 18.061
Language: Japanese, English
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Izumo - Abode of the Gods
Udon Noodles - A Wheat Delicacy
Ekiben - A Box of Flavor and Feeling
Echizen - Taste of Winter
Chichibu - Home of the Mountain Gods and Festivals
Modern Architecture: Giving Form to Dreams
Winter in Tohoku
Spring in Tohoku
Kyoto: The Enigmatic Entertainers of Gion
Hozenji: The Sentimental Alley of Osaka
Hakodate: The Storied History of a Port Town
Kirishima: A Town Thriving on Volcanic Mountains
Sado Island: Into the Mystic Dreams
Oze: A Mountain Marshland
Ayu: Treasures of the River
The Islands of Nagasaki
Karuizawa: A Fleeting Summer
Strolling the Paths of Onomichi
Shinsekai, Osaka: A Town Guarded by a Tower
Kujukuri: The Endless Beach
Nagasaki: Hills and Exotic Atmosphere
Japanese Yokai: Ghosts, Goblins or Ghouls?
Kawagoe: Keeping Urbane Traditions Alive
Travelogue of Mackerel Road
On a Moonlit Night...
Japan's Historic Tramways
Aso: Life in the Caldera
Crossing the Amagi Pass
Kamo River: The Waterway that Created Kyoto
Beppu: Exploring the Exciting Hot Springs
The Tottori Sand Dunes, Unity with Nature
A Journey to Holy Places