Instead of brown lunch bags, Japanese kids typically bring bento boxes to school for lunch. And sometimes these bento boxes can be an outlet for mothers to unleash their creativity. You’ll can see how ...

Want your kid to be the coolest in the cafeteria? Send him or her off to school with one of these clever bento box lunches. They may take a little more time to assemble than your usual PB&J so they're ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. In Japan, parents make bento lunches for their kindergarten kids. To make a healthy lunch look as appetizing (or rather, "fun") as possible, many ...

For those who like to play with their food, the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles and Bento USA are having a cute bento character contest. So get your penguin rice molds, bear head sandwich ...

Throw away your paper, canvas and even tin lunch carriers. None of them can hold a candle to this sleek and stylish bento box. The ME.FAN Leakproof Bento Lunch Box has all you need to get your mid-day ...

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This bento box is packed with spooky surprises. Homemade tortilla chips are cut into the shape of gravestones and decorated with a food coloring marker. Dip them into black bean dip reminiscent of ...

Charaben is the Japanese art of creating bento boxes that are filled with, well, art. Instead of arranging a simple lunch, charabenists use edible ingredients to form popular characters and ...

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Editor’s Note: Joshua Paul Dale is a professor at Tokyo Gakugei University. He is co-editor of “The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness”, and the editor of “Cute Studies,” a special issue of the East ...