japanese bento this picture? I think it’s a kind of art. A character like a pokemon is made with vegetables or some ingredients. It looks very cute and interesting, so children who don’t want to eat vegetable can eat vegetables. A box is cute too. Sometimes, “Hello kitty” and “pokemon” is printed on a bento box. There are net shops that sell many cute bento goods. Second is that nutritional variety is good. If we buy a lunch outside, we prefer what we like. I prefer meat, so I choose an oily food for lunch. However, it’s bad for health. A sandwich or bread is good, but we can’t get enough vegetables, meat or eggs. On the other hand, when Japanese people make bento, we think about nutritional. Usually, rice and vegetables, meat, eggs, frits should be in bento.　A Japanese bento is good for health compared to some lunch that we buy outside or a sandwich. Third is Effect of animations or comics. A subculture like animations and comics is also popular among not only Japanese people but also non-Japanese people. Through it, non-Japanese people know about Japan. A bento is one of the information what they know. In comics, some characters eat their bento at lunch time and Non-Japanese people are interested in it. In japan, usually a woman makes a bento for a family in the morning. It’s not special thing. Except kyarabens, a bento is not special. However, many people are suppressed. Japanese women who make a bento are happy because of unexpected reaction. The reactions encourage them. Through it, they changed their thinking that a bento is not special. Source (Internet site) All about. Topic: Japanese bento http://allabout.co.jp/gm/gc/221518/ Yahoo!Blog. Topic: Japanese bento http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kaesaru928/archive/2011/9/27 2channel. Topic: kyaraben http://news4vip.livedoor.biz/archives/51469836.html (It’s for one of the pictures)