Bento Box Gift Set

Bento Questions?

I know women in Japan usually make bento for their husbands and children. I also know this is probably an obvious question but do Japanese women use bento who are out of high school and if so what kind of bento boxes do they use? do Japanese women eat out of the cute Hello Kitty bentos or the other ones with colors and characters for girls? I’m wondering cause I got a bento set as a gift and it’s really cute w/ Hello Kitty but I don’t know what to put in it, how to use it, and what to put in it so I’m full?…hehehe I guess I would like to know what to say to people when they ask me why I’m eating out of a weird looking Hello Kitty container that looks like it only holds enough for a child.

Adult women don’t usually carry a bento box that has Hello Kitty on because that is usually for small kids. In Japan, usually school provides lunch for elementary school and middle school students so they don’t usually bring their bento box unless they are asked to. But kids or some kids in kindergarten and high school are asked to bring their bento for lunch.

Anyway, this is the typical bento boxes for adulet women : http://item.rakuten.co.jp/yellowstudio/c/0000000100/

*Usually adult women’s bento boxes are not only one box but two boxes.

And this is the website that you can find the chopsticks and cases for bento boxes:

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/yellowstudio/c/0000000101/

And this is the cover for bento boxes: http://item.rakuten.co.jp/yellowstudio/c/0000000102/

And this is the band to secure bento boxes:

http://item.rakuten.co.jp/yellowstudio/c/0000000105/

And the food that you can put in your bento box is the food that you want to eat, basically. So put whatever you want! But, well, iIn Japan, a typical bento box has the following:

Rice (with or without Nori or Furikake or Umeboshi and so on)
Onigiri
Japanese egg omelet(Tamagoyaki)
Japanese sausage
Korokke
Japanese hamburg
steamed/boiled broccoli
boiled spagetti coated with ketchup
Shrimp Tempura
Grilled Salmon
Cucumber slices
Boiled Spinach with Goma
Green leaf lettuce
Tomato
Any kind of Nimono (simmered dishes)
Kinpira Gobou
Japanese style sandwitch
and many more…

Usually we don’t have sushi in our bento box. But of course, some of us bring sushi but that sushi doesn’t contain any raw fish because people usually can’t put their bento box in a fridge.

Anyway, there are so many Japanese websites for Bento Recipes. So I’m just going to link the websites for you:

(well…since it’s in Japanese, you won’t be able to understand it but at least you can see what kind of food we make for bento)

http://www.kikkoman.co.jp/homecook/lunch/index.html

(this is for kids)

http://www.cartoon.co.jp/obento/200609.html

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