The humble bento is one of Japan's most recognizable culinary landmarks — and one of its most successful exports, known the world over as a delicious, accessible, and portable lunch. But while it's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A typical Japanese bento box - bonchan/Shutterstock Japan is one of the most culinarily rich countries on Earth, and many of its ...

Experience a 24-hour challenge living on bento boxes in Japan, featuring a Shinkansen bullet train journey. Discover $1 meals, explore Japanese vending machines, and enjoy various traditional foods ...

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 ...

In “Bento Monogatari,” a Belgian short film that was released in 2010, a woman makes her husband a bento box for lunch each day, in an attempt to salvage their marriage. Traditionally, bento is a ...

Bento boxes bring class to eating. Take away the traditional flat plate, where all the food runs together. Take away the multiple plates used for appetizer, dinner and dessert. Use a bento box instead ...

There’s something inherently exciting about rolling up to a Japanese railway station all set for a long-distance journey, and finding your way to the ekiben counter. Ekiben, a specialised form of a ...

I'm sure you're a very good cook. But if you want to feel bad about yourself, spend five minutes cruising the Internet for photos of bento boxes. They won't be hard to find. Originally just a ...

Working mums have it tough in Japan – creating Instagram-worthy, healthy lunches is one of many pressures they say they face Each year, five billion lunch boxes are made at home in Japan. That's ...