Watermelon's best season is summer. Now is May, but it was enough sweet to eat.
Summer comes soon....
It was difficult to find any topic for today's blog....
BUT I found topic!!
In fact, today is the restaurant car day!!
(We are able to use restaurant cars while we are on trains.)
Hokutosei Dining CarThe first restaurant car run on May 25, 1899.
Restaurant cars are unfamiliar to young people.
I have never used them!! In addition, I haven't ridden on the train which had a restaurant.
Restaurant cars are called dining cars or buffet cars, too.
There are few trains connected restaurant cars.
In Japan, all Shinkansen' s dining cars were stopped using. We can see them only in some sleeping cars such as Hokutosei, Twilight Express and Cassiopeia.
Twilight express dining carCan you guess why shinkansen's restaurants were shut??
According to some websites, it was because the speed of shinkansen became faster.
We are able to arrive at destinations in one or two hours, so we don't have to have meals on train.
Even though we would like to eat something, now we are able to eat Ekiben(box lunches we buy at some stations and on trains)
Passengers have to go to a dining car in person to eat dishes, and sometimes table is full. They have to wait for vacant seats. It is not efficient....
In case of ekiben, we eat them on our seats, and we are able to eat whenever we want them.
I don't know whether dish served on dining cars is delicious or not. I'm not sure that dish is expensive or cheap. (Maybe expensive?) However, I would like to use a restaurant car!!!
Besides, I think restaurant cars should be spread!!
I think passengers are able to enjoy eating delicious food, viewing beautiful scenes and chatting with thier families, boy friends and girls and friends at the same time on restaurant cars!!!
How good restaurant cars are!!!!
People should improve dishes served on this car, and the train which has a restaurant car had better run railways we can see beautiful scenery. The train must be slow while passing there. The number of restaurant's tables should be increased.
It will be a new trip style. Is it too luxury??
Hi, Hiromi!
返信削除I love water melon too:)
Your topic is interesting for me!
I've never used a dining car but it is a my dream to do. I want to feel rich!!
Sometimes I buy Ekiben at super market.There are many kinds of box and make me happy!
I fond that food is good partner of the travel:)
Hello, Hiromi. I like the background of this blog. Anyway, dinning car is one of the things I want to experience, but I want to take it when I become old lady. haha It would be nice trip.
返信削除I've never eaten Station lunch box. I want to try it one day. Sometimes I see some of them at a department store so I should try it. :)
Japanese lunch boxes are quite good balance of nutrition and they are all beautiful and fascinating... ;D
Thanks!
Nana