3 Bento Boxes from Awajiya Famous for Hipparidako-meshi Now Open at Nishinomiya Hankyu

Awajiya, a bento shop, opened at Nishinomiya Hankyu on Thursday, March 24.

We’ll introduce three kinds of bento, including the super-famous Hipparidako Meshi, of course(^^)/

Awajiya Bento

Hipparidako Meshi　1,151 yen

Akashi’s famous Hipparidako Meshi was created in 1998 as an ekiben for JR Sanyo Shinkansen Nishi-Akashi Station, commemorating the opening of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge♪

It comes with simmered octopus, simmered conger eel, octopus tempura-style fish paste, bamboo shoots, shredded omelet, and more.

The rice is thoroughly seasoned too. No wonder it’s an Akashi specialty～

They call it “umani” simmered octopus, and yep, it’s umai—delicious～😀

Enro Shunshun　1,150 yen

You can feel spring🌸 from this bento～I’d love to eat this under cherry blossoms😍

Seasonal sansai wild vegetables, bamboo shoots, ikanago no kugini, and more～(^^)/

There are so many different side dishes, and it’s so nice getting to nibble on a little bit of everythingggg

Personally, I got really excited that it had sakura mochi in it🤗🤗🤗

This bento also has an impressive piece of octopus.

Octopus! As expected😀

Soy Sauce Koji Chicken Tempura Bento　681 yen

This one is an original bento from Hankyu♪

It comes with three big, impressive pieces of chicken tempura!!!! The chicken tempura seems to use breast meat, so it’s nice and tender😄

Under the chicken tempura is, surprisingly, ten-grain rice with kanten agar😀Sounds super healthy

Salt koji, soy sauce koji, and sweet koji are used generously, and apparently the focus is on “fermentation” and “aging”～

The side dishes, which had enough care put into them to be stars in their own right, were great too～

Awajiya Menu

Awajiya Store Information

It’s located in the prepared foods section on the 1st floor of Nishinomiya Hankyu.

The address is 14-1 Takamatsucho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.