JR Tokyo Station "Gransta Tokyo" 101 Store Managers' Honest Vote! Announcing the Top 10 Recommended Bento Boxes! Gransta Store Managers' Endorsed "Oshi Bento" Ranking! A comprehensive release of Tokyo Station exclusive bento perfect for Golden Week!
Gransta Tokyo, a commercial facility inside JR Tokyo Station, has announced the results of a survey where 101 store managers voted for their top 10 recommended bento boxes. This ranking features Tokyo Station exclusive bento, including popular curry, thick Sendai-style beef tongue, handmade Hamburg steak, and colorful sandwiches, all highly praised for their taste and appearance.
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JR East Cross Station Development Company (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Company President: Yoshiaki Shirata) is pleased to announce the results of the "101 Store Managers' Honest Vote! Top 10 Recommended"* survey at "Gransta Tokyo," a commercial facility located inside Tokyo Station. This ranking reveals the Tokyo Station exclusive "Oshi Bento" (recommended bento) as honestly voted by the store managers of Gransta Tokyo and Gransta Marunouchi shops.
The store managers of Gransta Tokyo and Gransta Marunouchi shops, who welcome many customers at JR Tokyo Station and are themselves familiar with the taste and charm of Gransta Tokyo, participated in this vote. The "Oshi Bento Ranking" was determined by the votes of 101 store managers from a wide range of genres, including not only bento shops but also sweets and miscellaneous goods, reflecting their genuine perspectives. We will introduce Tokyo Station exclusive bento, which are highly praised for both taste and appearance, in a ranking format. These include a famous curry restaurant with many celebrity fans, thick Sendai-origin beef tongue, Hamburg steak handmade from ground meat in the in-store kitchen, and colorful sandwiches.
* The "101 Store Managers' Honest Vote! Top 10 Recommended" ranking is based on a voluntary vote conducted from February 16 (Mon) to February 23 (Mon/Holiday) among store managers at Gransta Tokyo and Marunouchi (101 respondents, voting for products other than their own company's or group company's). The対象 are Gransta Tokyo exclusive products sold throughout the year (limited-time products are excluded), and some shops are excluded. Products may be sold at locations other than the target facilities during events, etc. Only one item was selected per shop. The comments published are the individual opinions of the store managers who voted. Please note that there may be individual differences in how tastes are perceived.
101 Store Managers' Honest Vote! Top 10 Recommended ~Bento Category~
<1st Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Meat Mix Curry Type B 1,696 yen / Aubergine (Inside ticket gate B1, Square Zero Area)
●Our proud special curry contains 3 types of meat: beef, pork, and chicken!
Aubergine is a European-style curry specialty restaurant that continues to be loved as a bento for celebrity location shoots. Among them, the special Tokyo Station exclusive curry, which luxuriously uses three types of meat, boasts unwavering popularity at Tokyo Station. Beef ribs stewed for 10 hours until tender, carefully softened pork loin, and young chicken thighs fragrant grilled with olive oil. Please enjoy the exquisite taste where the umami of the three types of meat melts into the roux.
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・I love the fruity sweetness of the curry roux and the spiciness that comes later, it's addictive. It's also very easy to eat on a moving train, so I highly recommend it! (30s, Female)
・It's very famous, so I bought it. The curry tasted very good. I thought I'd buy it again. (40s, Male)
・I like it so much that I eat it once a month during my break. (40s, Male)
<2nd Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Gyutan Bento Yuzu Pepper Flavor 2,230 yen / Date no Gyutan Honpo (Inside ticket gate B1, Square Zero Area)
●Thick-sliced beef tongue, about 1cm thick, enhanced by yuzu pepper
Sendai-origin beef tongue. This bento allows you to easily enjoy the authentic taste, freshly grilled. The thick-sliced beef tongue, about 1cm thick, is satisfying to eat, and paired with the perfect yuzu pepper, you can savor the rich umami of the meat with every bite. Side dishes include beef tongue shigureni, shiso rolls, and nanban miso pickles, allowing you to enjoy Miyagi specialties. It's a popular dish with many repeat customers.
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・The thick beef tongue with the spicy yuzu pepper accent is a taste I want to keep eating. It's also voluminous, so it's very satisfying. (40s, Male)
・If I'm going to eat beef tongue, I always choose "Date no Gyutan." It's voluminous and tender, so I'm very satisfied. (40s, Male)
・Because I often buy it myself. (20s, Female)
<3rd Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Tsubame-style Hamburg Steak Bento 2,030 yen / Ekiben Tsubame Grill (Inside ticket gate B1, Square Zero Area)
●Hamburg steak packed with the traditions of a long-established restaurant, now in a bento box
The restaurant's most popular item, "Tsubame-style Hamburg Steak," is available as a Tokyo Station exclusive bento. The Hamburg steak is handmade from grinding the meat in the in-store kitchen, carefully grilled one by one, and then wrapped in aluminum foil with homemade beef stew to seal in the umami and aroma. It pairs perfectly with Niigata-grown Koshihikari rice cooked in-store. Please enjoy the rich aroma of homemade beef stew and meat that spreads the moment you open the aluminum foil.
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・I'm happy that I can eat my favorite Tsubame Grill's Hamburg steak in a bento box. My family is always delighted when I bring it home. (20s, Female)
・The Hamburg steak is juicy and voluminous, making it a satisfying bento. (20s, Male)
<4th Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Gransta Tokyo Sukiyaki Bento 2,592 yen / Asakusa Imahan (Inside ticket gate B1, Square Zero Area)
●Blissful "Sukiyaki" woven by branded beef and a secret warishita sauce
This is a popular Gransta exclusive product created by Asakusa Imahan, a famous sukiyaki restaurant. It uses carefully selected cuts of branded beef. Since it is carefully cooked with a secret warishita sauce, you can fully enjoy the umami of the branded beef. It is a popular product that continues to be chosen as a "taste of Tokyo" across generations, especially among middle-aged and older customers.
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・I love Asakusa Imahan's bento the most. Everything is soaked in flavor, the beef is sweet, and eating it makes me feel happy. I buy it as a reward for myself. (30s, Male)
・Among the many bento I've eaten, the taste of a "long-established restaurant" is what I want to eat again. When I eat the rice, meat, and a piece of red ginger together, I murmur to myself, "This is it," and am immersed in a happy afterglow. (30s, Male)
<5th Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Gransta Exclusive 5-Variety Inari Assortment 1,001 yen / Mamedanuki (Inside ticket gate B1, Square Zero Area)
●Pay attention to the brick-patterned inari, typical of Tokyo Station!
Mamedanuki is an inari sushi specialty shop where artisans carefully wrap each one. In addition to the long-loved classic "Mamedanuki," "Wasabi," and "Gomoku," this assortment includes five types: "Anago" with a brick-patterned brand, and the Tokyo Station exclusive "Maguro Shigureni." The "Maguro Shigureni" in particular features a special red fried tofu pouch reminiscent of Tokyo Station's red brick, with a brick-patterned brand. Its easy-to-eat, one-handed size makes it an enduringly popular choice for light meals on the go or as souvenirs for family.
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・It's an assortment of inari, the quantity is just right, and you can enjoy 5 different flavors. It's also recommended for its ease of eating quickly on the Shinkansen or sitting on a bench. (40s, Male)
・The fluffy, delicious aroma when you open the lid and put it in your mouth. The happiness of the umami spreading and the moderately sour rice combining means there's no option but to eat it!! My favorite is "Wasabi," and the spicy kick of wasabi is addictive. They say that fried tofu has a pun meaning "to lift up luck," so something good might happen on your trip after eating this bento ♪ (30s, Female)
<6th Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building Three-Tiered Bento 1,250 yen / Tonkatsu Maisen (Inside ticket gate B1, Square Zero Area)
This three-tiered bento, full of travel sentiment, features a striking package depicting the Tokyo Station Marunouchi Building. It contains the signature "Hirekatsu Sandwich," a flavorful "Katsudon," and a gently flavored "Soboro Gohan" in three tiers, making it easy to share. The package also embodies the wish for "a bright and happy journey."
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・The Tokyo Station packaging is cute. It contains three different flavors, so you won't get tired of it, and it's voluminous. It's a luxurious item where you can enjoy both rice and bread. (20s, Female)
<7th Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Gransta Tokyo Exclusive Sandwich Pack 972 yen
/ Sandwich House Meruhen Gransta Tokyo Store (Inside ticket gate B1, Square Zero Area)
"Meruhen" prides itself on fresh flavors, with sandwiches handmade daily in the in-store kitchen. This exclusive set features popular ingredients arranged colorfully. You can enjoy fresh "Tomato and Ham," classic "Egg Sandwich," "Ebi Katsu" with a plump texture and original tartar sauce, and "Fruit Sandwich" with gentle sweet cream and three types of fruit.
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・If I'm undecided, it's Meruhen. I highly recommend trying this exclusive set and then choosing one more. No matter which one you eat, you can't go wrong. (30s, Male)
<8th Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Crab Rice Bento 1,650 yen / Ubuka (Inside ticket gate B1, Square Zero Area)
Ubuka is a shop born from the owner's dream, who loved crustaceans since childhood, of having a restaurant that serves only crustacean course meals. This bento allows you to fully enjoy the deliciousness of crab, with rice carefully cooked with broth extracted from both shrimp and crab, and topped generously with shredded crab meat.
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・I love the rich flavor, using plenty of crab and shrimp. (30s, Female)
<9th Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Special Yakitori Ju 1,790 yen / Nagoya Cochin Specialty Ito Washigoro Shoten (Inside ticket gate B1, Square Zero Area)
This is a popular product from a yakitori restaurant that handles carefully selected chicken, mainly Sanwa's purebred Nagoya Cochin. It is a luxurious dish where you can enjoy the unique umami and juiciness of Nagoya Cochin yakitori. It contains four popular yakitori skewers, as well as dashimaki tamago (rolled omelet), making it recommended not only as a bento or meal but also as an accompaniment to evening drinks.
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・It contains various types of yakitori, which is satisfying. I always look at it and think it looks delicious. (30s, Female)
<10th Place> Gransta Tokyo Exclusive
Yamagata Prefecture Snow-Falling Wagyu Obanazawa Sirloin and Ribeye Steak Ju 150g 5,250 yen / Nikuoroshi Kojima (Inside ticket gate 1F, Central Passage Area)
"Snow-Falling Wagyu Obanazawa" is an exquisite product among Yamagata Prefecture's Kuroge Wagyu, raised through harsh winters. Obanazawa City is famous for its snow, counted among Japan's three great snowy regions, and the temperature difference between summer and winter is about 50 degrees Celsius, which allows the cattle to develop natural marbling (sashi). The carefully grilled authentic wagyu steak overflows with the inherent umami and elegant sweetness of the meat with every bite. The high-quality fat melts lightly in your mouth like powder snow. The sauce, which pairs well with wagyu, further enhances the deliciousness.
*Available from 100g for 3,650 yen.
●Voting Comments (Excerpts)
・The marbling of the Kuroge Wagyu and the exquisite visual just by looking at it! No doubt about it! (Female)
List of Ranked Products
* The "101 Store Managers' Honest Vote! Top 10 Recommended" ranking is based on a voluntary vote conducted from February 16 (Mon) to February 23 (Mon/Holiday) among store managers at Gransta Tokyo and Marunouchi (101 respondents, voting for products other than their own company's or group company's). The対象 are Gransta Tokyo exclusive products sold throughout the year (limited-time products are excluded), and some shops are excluded. Products may be sold at locations other than the target facilities during events, etc. Only one item was selected per shop. The comments published are the individual opinions of the store managers who voted. Please note that there may be individual differences in how tastes are perceived.
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