Overlooking the streets of Osaka’s Umeda, where prices are in the tens of millions of yen per tsubo (about 1,000 square meters), you can enjoy ekiben and toast with a blissful beer in a corner of the department store! You can spend such a luxurious time at the ekiben festival at the Hanshin Umeda Main Store (1-13-1 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture).
One of the most unique features of Hanshin Department Store’s “Hanshin’s Famous Ekiben and Umaibon Festival,” a week-long ekiben festival held from February 16, is the eat-in space where visitors can eat their ekiben on the spot. Although similar ekiben festivals are held at the Shinjuku branch of Keio Department Store, it is extremely rare to find such a large space in an event hall.
Moreover, with beer and wine stands right in front of you, freshly prepared ekiben and sake will put you in a good mood from 10:00 in the morning. Where else but in Hanshin Department Store can you find a department store event that can be used like a standing drinking area?
From here, this author, who has appeared on TV as an ekiben fanatic with a total of 2,200 ekiben, will introduce some of the best ekiben that would go well with sake from the Hanshin Department Store’s ekiben festival in 2026. Let’s enjoy the ekiben while drinking beer and feeling good.
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