Passengers on Japan's super-fast bullet trains will no longer be able to enjoy ordering coffee, ice cream or boxed lunches from staff pushing a snack cart as the on-board snack cart services between Tokyo and Osaka will be discontinued on Oct. 31 due to a looming labour shortage and a trend for more people to buy food before boarding the train.
But faced with a looming labour shortage and a trend for more people to buy food before boarding the train, on-board snack cart services between the cities of Tokyo and Osaka will reach the end of the line on Oct. 31.said on Tuesday it would phase out the famed on-board snack cart services, in which a uniformed vendor dispenses beverages and light refreshments, pushing their cart through the aisles of the moving train and bowing as they enter or leave the carriage.
The online response was despondent, with "Super-Cold Shinkansen Ice Cream" trending 5th on the X platform formerly known as Twitter and "In-Train Service" 6th within hours of the announcement.
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