{"id":12051,"date":"2019-04-03T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T03:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/?p=12051"},"modified":"2025-06-19T10:23:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T14:23:53","slug":"make-a-japanese-character-bento-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/living-in-japan\/make-a-japanese-character-bento-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Japanese Character Bento Box!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12059 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_5554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_5554.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_5554-400x268.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_5554-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_5554-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_5554-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_5554-390x261.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Have you seen Japanese kids&#8217;s lunch (bento) boxes? So cute- <em>almost<\/em> too cute to eat! Japanese lunch boxes are so cool they&#8217;re more like art than food. They also tend to draw inspiration from Japanese anime &amp; manga characters making them super cute. Now you can learn to make your own cartoon character lunch box with Washo Cook!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>WASHO COOK: a cookery school whose name combines the Japanese word for Japanese cooking- Washoku (\u548c\u98df\uff09&amp; cooking with several locations around Tokyo.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Now or Check Availability:<\/strong> Click <a href=\"https:\/\/washocook.com\/class\/tokyo-character-lunch-box-maikng\/\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Cartoon Character Bento Box<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12062 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4786-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4786-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4786-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4786-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4786-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4786-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4786-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4786.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Learn to make a Japanese &#8220;bento&#8221; lunch box with characters from Japanese popular culture such as <em>Kumamon<\/em> or <em>Totoro<\/em>. Watch Japanese fried egg &#8220;tamagoyaki&#8221; transform into little love hearts &amp; flowers. Mini sausages transform into tiny octupus babies &#8211; &amp; deft additions of seaweed &amp; cheese to sesame-flavoured rice! Hey presto- a magical lunch box!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12054 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4976-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4976-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4976-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4976-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4976-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4976-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4976-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_4976.jpg 1334w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the lesson you&#8217;ll be introduced to Japanese foods such as &#8220;chikuwa&#8221; -a deep-fried fish-seaweed sausage &amp; find a new use for boiled brocolli. Learners will also be supplied with the necessary tools such as tweezers &amp; scissors and even straws!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Within 2 hours you&#8217;ll learn from the pros how to make cute faces from seaweed, salmon flakes, cheese &amp; crabmeat. You&#8217;ll need to use all your self-control not to nibble as you create!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By the time you&#8217;re finished you may not want to eat your own creation but you&#8217;ll be hungry..and your bento box looks so inviting \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Lunch Box Lesson Details<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9320-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9320-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9320-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9320-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9320-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9320-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9320-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.mobal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/IMG_9320.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Yotsuya, Tokyo (3 mins from JR Yotsuya)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time:<\/strong> 11am- 1:30pm (2. 5 hours)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Participants:<\/strong> 2-8 people<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> 8,500 yen per person (as of April 2019)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Now or Check Availability:<\/strong> Click <a href=\"https:\/\/washocook.com\/class\/tokyo-character-lunch-box-maikng\/\">HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Mobal Special Offer<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Book your &#8220;<em>Cartoon Character Bento Making<\/em>&#8221; lesson through <a href=\"https:\/\/washocook.com\/class\/tokyo-character-lunch-box-maikng\/\">this link<\/a> &amp; <strong>GET A FREE BENTO BOX<\/strong> to take home as a souvenir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Have you seen Japanese kids&#8217;s lunch (bento) boxes? So cute- almost too cute to eat! Japanese lunch boxes are so cool they&#8217;re more like art than food. They also tend to draw inspiration from Japanese anime &amp; manga characters making them super cute. Now you can learn to make your own cartoon character lunch box with Washo Cook! &nbsp; WASHO COOK: a cookery school whose name combines the Japanese word for Japanese cooking- Washoku (\u548c\u98df\uff09&amp; cooking with several locations around Tokyo. &nbsp; Book Now or Check Availability: Click HERE! &nbsp; Cartoon Character Bento Box &nbsp; &nbsp; Learn to make a Japanese &#8220;bento&#8221; lunch box with characters from Japanese popular culture such as Kumamon or Totoro. Watch Japanese fried egg &#8220;tamagoyaki&#8221; transform into little love hearts &amp; flowers. Mini sausages transform into tiny octupus babies &#8211; &amp; deft additions of seaweed &amp; cheese to sesame-flavoured rice! Hey presto- a magical lunch box! &nbsp; During the lesson you&#8217;ll be introduced to Japanese foods such as &#8220;chikuwa&#8221; -a deep-fried fish-seaweed sausage &amp; find a new use for boiled brocolli. Learners will also be supplied with the necessary tools such as tweezers &amp; scissors and even straws! &nbsp; Within 2 hours you&#8217;ll learn from the pros how to make cute faces from seaweed, salmon flakes, cheese &amp; crabmeat. You&#8217;ll need to use all your self-control not to nibble as you create! &nbsp; By the time you&#8217;re finished you may not want to eat your own creation but you&#8217;ll be hungry..and your bento box looks so inviting \ud83d\ude09 &nbsp; Lunch Box Lesson Details &nbsp; Location: Yotsuya, Tokyo (3 mins from JR Yotsuya) &nbsp; Time: 11am- 1:30pm (2. 5 hours) &nbsp; Participants: 2-8 people &nbsp; Cost: 8,500 yen per person (as of April 2019) &nbsp; Book Now or Check Availability: Click HERE! &nbsp; Mobal Special Offer &nbsp; Book your &#8220;Cartoon Character Bento Making&#8221; lesson through this link &amp; GET A FREE BENTO BOX to take home as a souvenir<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":12052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-living-in-japan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Make a Japanese Character Bento Box! -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; &nbsp; Have you seen Japanese kids&#039;s lunch (bento) boxes? 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