A service has begun to transport the Sanin winter taste "Matsuba Gani" alive by JR and quickly deliver it to consumers in the Kansai region and other areas from Tottori prefecture.
The service started by JR West is to transport "Matsuba Gani", which has just been landed in Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture, to the limited express "Yakumo" at Yonago Station, and then to the Shinkansen at Okayama Station to transport it to Kyoto Station. Thing.
On the 12th, 16 freshly landed pine needles were packed in a box with ice at a store in Sakaiminato City.
Then, it was taken to Yonago Station and loaded on the limited express "Yakumo No. 14" bound for Okayama at 11:25 am and departed.
The crabs were delivered and sold to department stores in Kyoto and Okayama that day.
JR West wants to establish it as a new logistics service amid sluggish train usage due to the corona disaster, and on the 19th of this month, it will deliver "Matsuba Gani" to Kagoshima City in collaboration with JR Kyushu.
Shoichi Saeki, president of JR West Yoneko Branch, said, "By carrying it on the day you pick it up, you can line up at the store in the evening at the latest and enjoy the fresh pine needles. I was talking.