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 ...

Panda-shaped rice balls. A nori-whiskered Hello Kitty. Creatures made from hard-boiled eggs. When prepared for schoolchildren, praiseworthy bento boxes combine healthy ingredients with adorable ...

YOKOHAMA—Japan on April 10 marked Ekiben Day, celebrating the bento box lunches sold at train stations around the nation. An association of businesses that sell food products at Japan Railway train ...

Making a fancy bento takes a lot of time, but you can easily turn a simple hot dog into a penguin, elephant or snail to add a special touch to your child’s lunch box. The best part of these little ...

If you need an easy way to pack lunches for school or work, a bento box might be the key to having a balanced meal. Packed in a convenient box with veggies and fruit, our yummy chicken nachos — called ...

Strickler is the author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World and the Cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter. We don’t think of the bento box as an important innovation, ...