Japan
Japanese Restaurant Week
Japan Week, a public-private partnership that promotes Japanese culture, food and beverages to encourage travel to Japan, today announced that Japanese Restaurant Week will take place in New York City from March 4-18, 2013 with 35 restaurants participating. This year’s theme will be the regional cuisines of Japan and many of the participating restaurants will be serving “ekiben” bento boxes that include local Japanese dishes. Ekiben is sold at railway train stations in Japan and by replicating local dishes from 21 prefectures, these restaurants will enable guests to take a culinary tour of Japan while still in the Big Apple. Their prices range from to. The bento boxes will also be available for purchase at Grand Central Terminal during Japan Week on March 19-21, 2013.