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[Yamagata Prefecture] Yonezawa beef bento, a regular at the national ekiben festival, is selling well at roadside stations...

Ekiben are often sold at supermarkets. They are so popular that they sell out in a flash. Yonezawa's bento boxes are sold at festivals and always rank highly...

ikokeikoke2022.06.03

Street vendors still selling these at train stations today | What is Yonezawa City's hidden specialty, "Toge no Chikara Mochi"? [Yama...

Have you heard of train station stand sales? As the name suggests, stand sales are a style of sales where vendors with pouches hanging from their necks sell bento boxes and other items on train platforms. You've probably seen them in old movies...

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