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JR Central will operate the “Delicious Shinkansen”, providing course meals from a famous sushi restaurant in Tokyo aboard the Tokaido Shinkansen.
This is a collaboration with the magazine ‘dancyu’. The Green Car on the Kodama 721 service from Tokyo Station to Nagoya Station will be partially reserved, and Mr. Yasuhide Watanuki, the owner of “Koraku Sushi Yasuhide” in Yotsuya, Tokyo, will provide the course meal. There will also be a talk show by Mr. Hirosuke Ueno, editor-in-chief of dancyu.
The course consists of 10 pieces of sushi featuring seafood caught along the Tokaido area, plus 6 side dishes including soft-cooked octopus, steamed abalone, and a sea urchin bowl. Three bottles of local sake from Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures are also prepared. Additionally, a dorayaki from “Kibimachi Yoshiya”, a Japanese confectionary shop in Ginza, Tokyo, and an original sake vessel are included.
The event will be held on March 24. Departing from Tokyo Station at 11:27 AM, and arriving at Nagoya Station at 2:06 PM. The participation fee is 55,000 yen per person. The capacity is 64 participants. Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis starting from January 31 at noon, via the JR Tokai Tours website.
According to JR Central, a business license is planned to be obtained under the guidance of the Chiyoda Health Center in preparation for this event.