Hankyu Hanshin Department Store Co., Ltd. press release (2024.11.13) Hankyu Hanshin Department Store Co., Ltd. [Hanshin Umeda Main Store] “Hanshin Specialty Event” with a variety of bento boxes will be held again this year! ”Bento is communication.” We have an assortment of bento boxes filled with the owner’s thoughts. ■Hanshin Umeda Main Store 1st Floor Food Festival Terrace “4th #Today’s Lunch” ■11/20 (Wed) → 25 (Mon) ■Official URL:
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https://www.instagram.com/hanshin_1ffoodevent/?hl=ja “#Today’s Lunch” will be held for the 4th time. This year as well, Hanshin Umeda main store navigator Shinzo will welcome Chiori Yamamoto, the
representative of “chioben,” whom he adores, as a super presenter, and more than 10 types of bento boxes packed with special attention will be available during the event.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-7ec6cf2426daebd81faa75181a2a49d7-1547×1080.jpg And this time’s theme is “Bento is communication”. We have a wide variety of bento that create new communication through the world of bento, where various elements such as the person who makes it, the person who eats it, the ingredients, the environment… This is an event where you can enjoy communication that can be enjoyed with all five senses through a bento lunch packed full of the owner’s passion and thoughts. The longed-for lunch “Thioben” is coming! Chef Chiori Yamamoto runs “chioben” in Yoyogi-Uehara, Tokyo. He usually delivers bento to filming locations, and has many fans within the industry due to its deliciousness and beauty. “Thioben”, a product that everyone wants to try at least once, will be available again this year.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-e267e82b3e3aeb9ca25b9cd4ff62b801-798×674.jpg Super presenter Chiori Yamamoto 【PROFILE】 Born in Hokkaido. Since 1998, he has been running a set meal restaurant “Gohanya Haruya” with his sister in Hokkaido. In 2011, he started the handmade bento “chioben” in Yoyogi Uehara, Tokyo. Their colorful and delicious bento boxes have spread by word of mouth from magazines and TV shoots, and are now being catered to party venues. His publications include “Thioben’s fried and boiled dishes” and “Thioben’s bento book” (both published by KADOKAWA). President of “#Hanshin Bento Club”. 〇Tokyo/Yoyogi Uehara “chioben” Packed with a variety of side dishes! Please enjoy it together with octopus, which is indispensable for thioben. *Ingredients may change due to purchasing circumstances.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-2ec4c8b0a3e61cb628d3cdd9ab9ea17c-840×720.jpg [Advance reservation sale] Thioben (1 serving) 3,432 yen (planned to sell 150 each day *50 each time) *Ends as soon as the planned sales quantity is reached. *Delivery: November 20th (Wednesday) and 21st (Thursday) only. In-store from 11am, 1pm, and 5pm each day. ＼Introducing selected side dishes! ／ 1. Thai-style chicken kara: fried chicken marinated in lemongrass, not spicy 2. Kofte black vinegar: Deep-fried minced meat with Middle Eastern spices and mixed with black vinegar. 3. Matsukazeyaki: Japanese-style chicken meatloaf 4. Baked sweet potato spring rolls: Baked sweet potato and perilla spring rolls with homemade sauce made from red paprika 5. Salted eggs: Soft-boiled eggs marinated in kelp and salt 6. Shrimp Shinjo: Place shrimp and kaffir lime leaves on shiitake mushrooms. 7. Green vegetables: Boiled komatsuna for a nice color 8. Purple sweet potato balls: Add fresh cream to purple sweet potatoes, mash and roll. 9. Dauphinois: Potato gratin baked with layers of potatoes and cheese Chiori & Navigator Shinzo’s favorite bento Chiori-san and Shinzo will be introducing their favorite bento dishes from shops that have a variety of special features, “Not only are they delicious, but their beautiful appearance makes you feel good and makes you want to talk about them with someone!” This is an event not to be missed, as shops that usually sell mainly online will also appear. *All photos of food and bento are for illustrative purposes only. Ingredients may change due to purchasing circumstances. 〇 Kyoto/Shino “ototojet” “Seasonal wild fish is full of nutrients that humans need! I want to convey the meaning of supplementing nutrition within the natural cycle,” says the owner, Mr. Tsujii. We carefully select the best wild fish of the day and cook it to perfection. The food is prepared with a focus on “taste that evokes memories,” and the food is presented with emphasis on ease of eating. This beautiful dish is often chosen as a celebratory meal, and is engraved as a delicious and happy memory in the hearts of those who eat it.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-0141837079601cf0416a24b2360487bb-857×366.jpg [Eat-in] *November 21st (Thursday) → 24th (Sunday) 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. every day ototo’s 5 kinds of seafood bowl (1 serving) 3,300 yen Plus sea bream chazuke set (1 serving) 1,540 yen Ototo’s Yellowtail Bowl (1 serving) 2,651 yen Various types of sake (1 cup) 770 yen Five kinds of wild fresh fish grown in the great outdoors are prepared in a bowl right in front of your eyes. When you eat it with the flavorful foam made from kelp from Rausu, Hokkaido, your mouth will be filled with the scent of the sea. A set that includes sea bream with sesame dressing, tea, and okakiage is also available. 〇Kyoto/Jingu Marutamachi “so/s/KAWAHIGASHI” A culinary hub where people connect through food and drink. Based on the concept of “eating food from the same pot around one big table,” we connect ingredients, people, and events. All of the ingredients are
domestically sourced and purchased directly from producers we meet in various locations. “Because we know the production area and ingredients, we can convey the deliciousness. This is the mission of a chef,” and we aim to be a dining base for adults where something new can come from and be exciting.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-b77ee126a3cb7d44b1d2d9cdd8f0698b-895×378.jpg Traveling Noriben 1. Fish (1 serving) 2,195 yen 2. Meat (1 serving) 2,195 yen [3. Advance reservation sales only] 3. Traveling seaweed bento special (1 serving, comes with wipe lacquer magewappa and original hand towel) 5,501 yen *Ends as soon as the planned sales quantity is reached. *Delivery: November 22nd (Friday) → 25th (Monday) from noon each day, at the store from 6pm. It looks like The Noriben! But when you take a bite…the elegant and gentle taste of the ingredients brings to life a bento that will leave you in awe. There are three types of Noriben, which are based on “spring water rice” from Wakasa Town, Fukui Prefecture, which is as delicious as any side dish, and generously topped with ingredients purchased from producers around the region. This is a special bento where you can enjoy fried morning chicken with Japanese pepper tartar sauce, a fish bento with fried autumn salmon, fried Japanese pepper and blowfish steak. 〇Hyogo/Kiyokojin “Sicinia Restaurant”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-acc0b2810fbaeeef2cfb24f770c8a0ae-783×680.jpg Sicinia Shokudo’s large ginkgo bento part 2 (1 serving) 2,700 yen From a local restaurant that aims to “create a city where people can continue to live” in the town of Kiyokojin, the god of the kitchen. The second edition of the “Sicinia Shokudo’s Big Ginkgo Bento”, which was well received last time, is now available. The menu focuses on seasonal vegetables and fish, and is beautiful to look at and will brighten your mood. The name of the product comes from the “Oiichou” hair that sumo wrestlers wear. We hope that it will be loved by as many people as Makunouchi Bento. 〇Osaka/Oyodo “obento tete”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-a3221f21e86de68ff3ad66368739a450-809×657.jpg Tsunagi BENTO (1 serving) 2,500 yen Luk Meat Rice (Lu Rohan) (1 serving) 1,500 yen With the idea of “from hand to hand”, this shop uses seasonal ingredients and strives to make bento boxes that will make the person who eats them smile as if they had received a bouquet of flowers. The dishes are richly colored, with a focus on seasonal vegetables, each cooked in a different way to bring out the best in the ingredients. The restaurant’s popular pork rice will also be available. 〇Osaka/Nakatsu “Rice meals FoTan”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-02f12b3d5285880e294d15ddcd4dd518-790×689.jpg Chinese porridge bento (1 serving) 1,800 yen Chinese Soba Meshi Bento (1 person) 1,800 yen A restaurant specializing in Cantonese-style Chinese porridge that is particular about domestic ingredients. In order to convey the deliciousness of Chinese porridge that I encountered in Hong Kong, we use rice grown at our own farm in Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture, small shrimp from Fujimoto Suisan on Awaji Island, sardines from Yamakuni in Kagawa Prefecture, and scallops from Lake Saroma in Hokkaido. It takes three hours every day to cook the porridge using scallop soup stock. The melty Chinese porridge is different from Japanese porridge, and the seafood flavor that fills your mouth is irresistible! Furthermore, this time we also offer Chinese soba noodles, which is an arrangement of the store’s popular Hong Kong fried noodles. It uses shrimp noodles, which are popular in Hong Kong, and Shiga’s risotto rice “Sigarnaroli (R)”, and is seasoned with a blend of Chinese soy sauce and sesame sauce. It has an addictive taste. 〇Hyogo/Awaji Island “Shokudo Cafe VIORIN”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-541771a615744a81037ccd0f66ac74f7-757×636.jpg Island bento (1 serving) 2,500 yen (planned number of sales: 50) A cafe with a general store attached, run by the owner who was born and raised on Awaji Island. It attracts not only locals but also immigrants and tourists, and the dishes made with a variety of ingredients from Awaji Island are popular. This time as well, “Shima Bento” made with plenty of Awaji Island ingredients, such as grilled local fish with lemon salt koji, seasonal vegetables and Awaji chicken meatballs, and seasoned eggs from Kitasaka Tamago, will be at the venue! 〇“ALLOUNENO” in Kyoto by “Odashi no Uneno” Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-ecdef468e5ab896bcf76d8cab27294f3-688×440.jpg Uneno bento (1 serving) 1,620 yen (planned number of sales: 60) [Sales only on Wednesday, November 20th] *Sales scheduled to start at 11am Kyoto Shirodashi (280ml) 1,426 yen A whole bottle of elegantly flavored dashimaki omelet made with dashi from “Odashi no Uneno” and eggs from chickens raised on high-quality feed! Beneath Ariake’s morning-picked nori seaweed lies the ura-nori seaweed, where you’ll find things like fried chicken soaked in Okaka, dashi, ohitashi green vegetables, minced mackerel, and rice cooked with rice from our own farm that doesn’t use pesticides during the growing season. It’s “ben”. Kyoto’s white soup stock is made using carefully selected ingredients and a method passed down from generation to generation.The soup stock is made with tuna flakes and Rausu kelp, and is finished without filtration for a deep flavor. You can really feel the flavor. Navigator Shinzo’s #delicious connection “#Deliciousness Connection” starts with bento, connects encounters with various food-related friends, and expands to include seasonings and sweets. This time, we have products that will make eating even more fun! 〇Nara/Tenri “confiture cotocoto”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-f33b598b6d4bce937b7ee752213f213e-787×690.jpg Let’s eat vegetables de vegetables! ! Veg rai starting with cotocoto Fumajieeyan! ! Tomato dressing (1 bottle, 230g) 1,080 yen From a shop that takes time to make jams, syrups, and other confitures by hand using seasonal vegetables grown on their own farm. We have prepared a non-sour tomato dressing made with three types of tomatoes grown on trees until they are fully ripe, mixed with onions and garlic, and finished with homemade salt and koji. The bright color of ripe tomatoes and the gentle taste combined with carefully selected homemade seasonings go well with any salad. 〇Tokushima “Planetary Muffin”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-9fc7c3fa3d2785165bb9c1cbf5b23618-795×665.jpg Shinzo biased muffin lemon & cheese (1 piece) 519 yen A muffin specialty store from Tokushima Prefecture that sells muffins from a mobile hut. The muffins are baked with the simplest possible ingredients and have a moist texture. Limited to this “#Today’s Lunch”, muffins packed with Shinzo’s love are completed! This is a “Delicious Connection” collaboration that expresses my favorite cheesecake and lemon in a muffin. 〇Fukuoka “Medicinal Zen and Kyushu Four Seasons Food Ubusuna”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-2bf916b147fc644b14ca9dcbf735a9ab-803×666.jpg 5 classic types including serious seaweed bento (1 serving) 1,421 yen each Seasonal Vegetables Gozen (1 serving) 2,225 yen A shop that delivers a relaxing moment with bento and side dishes that match Japan’s four seasons and the 24 seasonal seasons. We aim for local production for local consumption, mainly using ingredients from Fukuoka and Kyushu. The “serious seaweed bento” is the store’s most popular. Each item is handmade, including the rice cake hidden under the seaweed. These bento bento are quick-frozen and retain the freshly-made deliciousness, so they’re perfect for stocking! *The photo is an illustration. The menu may change due to purchasing conditions, etc. 〇Hyogo/Kami “Tokiwa”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-4108c97920f332ad8083762f787a2a1e-770×659.jpg From left) Anything Gotare (360ml) 627 yen Benride Vinegar (360ml) 484 yen E-dashi (360ml) 627 yen Bono de Tomato (500ml) 886 yen Tokiwa’s seasonings are made with the emphasis on being “delicious and easy.” Introducing “Bono de Tomato,” which is a tomato-based dish with a rich flavor of garlic and flavored vegetables, “Benri de Vinegar,” which can easily add sourness, and “Anything Gotare,” which can add a richness to the dish. 〇 Aichi/Nishio “Kozo Genmai Labo”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-366d64a36f867c570ab18611e2e6902d-798×462.jpg Enzyme brown rice rice cooker (2-4 cups of brown rice/2-6 cups of white rice) 80,300 yen Enzyme brown rice rice cooker large (2 to 8 cups of brown rice/2 to 10 cups of white rice) 97,900 yen *Large size is scheduled to be made to order. Introducing an advanced enzyme brown rice rice cooker from a home appliance manufacturer run by enzyme brown rice researchers and home appliance engineers. Five patented technologies help you live a life where you can enjoy authentic enzyme brown rice more deliciously, quickly, and easily. We also introduce original kits containing carefully selected brown rice and red beans. Tastings will also be available at the store. #Hanshin Bento Club OG’s activities & recommended tools The #HanshinBentou Club is a community of customers that has been working to enliven #Today’sBentou since the first event. Some of the past members have grown into irresistible Instagrammers, started their own bento shops, and the opportunities for their activities are expanding without limit! Here, we will introduce the activities of such OGs and their favorite kitchen tools. 〇 “#Hanshin Bento Club” 1st generation Ai-san
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-7c453f87e3e557c42f78ca58321ac050-814×693.jpg While active as a member of the 1st generation of the #Hanshin Obento Club, the videos of bento and side dishes full of ideas and large family home meals that he introduces on his Instagram have become popular. The tools and utensils featured were selected from the perspective of Ai, who cooks for her large family every day, and are both easy to use and tasteful! ■Scheduled date and time of Ai’s visit: November 20th (Wednesday), 23rd (Saturday/Holiday), 24th (Sunday) 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. *Depending on the time of day, we may be unavailable. Thank you for your understanding in advance. [Ai-san recommended tool 1.] Bento box
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-5ea90ed893d8c68680ba94d7db39a11a-796×687.jpg 1. “Odate Kogeisha” Koban bento (small) (approx. length 18 x width 11 x height 5 cm, 490ml) 9,350 yen 2. “Kiso Koma Seal” lacquered bento bento box (approx. diameter 15 x height 7 cm, 700 ml) 14,300 yen (limited to 15) 3. “Wajima Kirimoto” Asunaro’s BENTO-BAKO Hanshin Umeda Main Store Original (approx. 16 x 11 x 5.8 cm, 600ml) 16,500 yen (Limited to 20) [Tools recommended by Ai 2.] Kitchen goods
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-b5d7a18c470347b861726548dc85622c-784×691.jpg 1. “Flying saucer” iron embossed egg fryer (approx. length 14.3 x width 19.7 x height 3.6cm *excluding handle) 5,060 Yen 2. “Kisokomain” Hinoki Chinese steamed basket (approx. 27cm in diameter) Body: 12,001 yen / Lid: 10,951 yen *Also available in 24cm and 30cm. 〈Limited quantity for each size〉 3. “leye” Yubisaki tongs 1,650 yen ➃“Teijin Frontier” Acchi Kocchi Dishcloth 1,078 yen ➄”Oxo” bottle opener with base pad 2,420 yen ➅ “Housekeeping Wholesaler” Slim Bat 990 yen, Ami for Slim Bat 550 yen ➆“Nonoji” Nonoji cabbage MAX 1,540 yen ➇“KAI” T-shaped peeler 1,430 yen ➈“leye” gift tongs 2,420 yen ➉“Suncraft” mixed egg 495 yen [Tool recommended by Ai 3.] Utsuwa
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-95d8bf598748afb08ee8e964a9a9878c-788×659.jpg “Furuya Pottery” 1. Tetsusan deep plate of flowers (large) (approx. diameter 21 x height 4 cm) 3,300 yen 2. Tetsusan apple bowl beans (approx. 9.5cm long x 11.5cm wide x 5.5cm high) 2,200 yen 3. Tetsusan carving plate 6 cm (approx. diameter 19 x height 2.5 cm) 2,860 yen etc. *We also have a wide variety of other types of pottery available. ＼A shop opened by Yuko, a 2nd generation member of “#Hanshin Bento Club” is now available! ／ 〇Yuko Koyomi bento
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/14431/2131/14431-2131-d898cceae1fd8b80b6fdbaf9e61559ee-781×673.jpg Yuuko Koyomi bento (1 serving) 2,001 yen The theme is “Bentou that makes you feel the seasons like turning the calendar.” We make 72 types of bento each year according to the 72-season calendar, which divides the year into 72 seasons. This time, bento boxes packed with seasonal ingredients such as chestnut confit, peanuts, and pumpkin will be available. These bento bento boxes are carefully crafted to reflect the seasons, look beautiful, taste delicious, and make the people who eat them happy.
