The Goal: Find a bento box that’ll satisfy both second-graders going back to school with PB&Js and grown-ups who want to bring last night’s leftovers to the office. The Verdict: The Red Dot Design ...

Everyone from school children to salary men in Japan look forward to when the lunch bell rings, signaling it’s time for bento. The artfully-arranged boxes boast different compartments, each filled ...

Maybe you’ve seen them in a Studio Ghibli movie, or maybe you’ve seen them in a TikTok tutorial. What is there to learn from bento boxes that are suddenly popping up in Western culture? To put it ...

Growing up outside of Tokyo, Chef Kenji Miyaishi’s mother used to send him off with bento boxes of onigiri rice balls, karaage fried chicken, tamago-yaki egg omelets and vegetables from her garden.

Film critics and commentators have often drawn parallels between "My Neighbor Totoro" and aspects of Japan’s religious beliefs and folklore, particularly the concept of spirits and deities being ...

Walker and Fierro blog at twentysomethingSA.com about the city’s evolving lifestyle and entertainment options. Bento boxes are one of our favorite lunch entrees. With all the compartments of goodness, ...

Bento boxes were once a quintessential part of Japanese cuisine but have now become a global phenomenon and for good reason. Not only are they visually appealing, but they are also super convenient ...