For those who like to play with their food, the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles and Bento USA are having a cute bento character contest. So get your penguin rice molds, bear head sandwich ...

From its humble beginnings in the 12th century, the bento box has come a long way to being a healthy and filling midday meal that is both cheap to make and often a miniature work of art. The packed ...

Spend some time looking at photos of amazingly clever and cute bento boxed lunches, and you’ll probably start feeling inspired to make some aesthetic edibles of your own. Unfortunately, that’s often ...

Japan takes on a different twist when it comes to packed meals. Known as bento, these boxes feature an assortment of dishes that are neatly organised to entice and appease hunger. The lavish bentos ...

Instead of brown lunch bags, Japanese kids typically bring bento boxes to school for lunch. And sometimes these bento boxes can be an outlet for mothers to unleash their creativity. You’ll can see how ...

It could be called extreme lunch making, involving all things, "cute," and "little." Kyaraben Bento is a growing trend — it's big in Japan and growing in popularity in Vancouver for fans of anime and ...

Bento cakes. These South Korean mini cakes have long since spread beyond Asia thanks to social media. While only palm-sized, they offer everything a large cake does, including a base, filling, coating ...

Gaining popularity around the world for its many healthy and money-saving benefits, bento is not just for doting mothers aiming to please their children or out-cute their peers. Take a look at the ...

Editor’s Note: Joshua Paul Dale is a professor at Tokyo Gakugei University. He is co-editor of “The Aesthetics and Affects of Cuteness”, and the editor of “Cute Studies,” a special issue of the East ...