When my son was little, “omusubi” rice balls and snacks were the main items in his wooden bento box. The rice gradually ... Tada is a Japanese food journalist and editor of Pen & Spoon ...

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Ready-made bento boxes are often available in Japanese restaurants and outlets, but can be easily created at a home. You can prepare most of the dishes the night before, so the box is easy to assemble ...

The works of the "avant-gardist bento artist” here never stop evolving. Matsuura, 60, had one of her works, which are a cross between bento box lunches ... as well as Japanese entertainment ...

These were commonly sold during the intervals of kabuki performances (traditional Japanese theatre), and can be seen as the genesis of what we know as the modern bento box — and makunouchi are ...