* Bentō

Bentō (弁当 or べんとう) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as side dish.Bento can be very elaborately arranged. Contests are often held where homemakers can compete for the most aesthetically pleasing arrangements.

* "Japanese cuisine" (nihon ryōri, 日本料理 or washoku, 和食) means traditional-style Japanese food.


Type of Bentō :

~ Kyaraben > The food is often decorated to look like people, animals, or characters and items such as flowers and plants.

~Shōkadō bentō (松花堂弁当)> a traditional black-lacquered Japanese bento box.

~Chūka bentō (中華弁当) > bento filled with Chinese food.

~Makunouchi bentō (幕の内弁当) > a classic style of bento with rice, a pickled ume fruit (umeboshi) ,a slice of broiled salmon, a rolled egg, etc.

~Noriben (海苔弁) is the simplest bentō, with nori dipped in soy sauce covering cooked rice.

~Sushizume (鮨詰め) literally means "packed sushi", and is a bentō filled with sushi.

~Ekiben is a bentō sold at railway stations (eki). There are many kinds of ekiben. Most are inexpensive and filling.


I found some kawaii bentō pics. ^^


A starbucks bentō .

A bentō full wif cute animals.

A bunny bentō .

A three pink piggy bentō .

Kawaii の panda bentō desu~ >.< A farm bentō . So cute, tat chicken~ Make wif egg. ^^

A Halloween bentō ~ lolz! XD


OMG~!! Mario bentō ! How cute~

My fav anime の bentō , Cardcaptor Sakura. Tis little cutie called Kero Chan~ I mean d yellow one.


& TIS!!! I cant believe my eyes when i saw it!!!! XD

A bentō wif my name on it!!!!!!!!! I scream when i saw it, lolz~!! XD