However, past the ticket gate there are now only a few beverage vending machines, and thus no other items, such as snacks and newspapers, are available and Ekiben (lunch boxes available at some stations and on some trains) and Oni Soba noodles, which used to be its specialty, are no longer sold.
しかしながら、改札内は数台の飲料自動販売機があるだけになり、菓子や新聞などが買えなくなってしまい、駅弁や名物だった「鬼そば」も高架化で姿を消した。