Bento box (lunch box)

My son started to bring his lunch once a week to stay longer at school.So I decided to make box lunch for him.
Box lunch is called " o bento " in Japanese.

I asked him what he want to bring for lunch. His answer is "takoyaki ".
Takoyaki is very popular food in Japan. I love it. However I need a special tool to make it.
His second request was "onigiri(rice ball)", egg, sausage.

This is his bento box.  This is kind of zakka. I saw some online store to sell Japanese lunch box.
I think Japanese bento box is getting popular in US.
There are a lot of variety. It is hard to choose from!


In addition, another cute bento komono(item) are available!

This is pick.

This is aluminum foil for wrap rice ball or sandwich.

This is onigiri (rice ball wrapped seaweed) May be called "musubi" in English?

 Onigiri was covered from cute aluminum foil.

And this is his today's lunch.
I made pumpkin korokke (fried pumpkin), egg&cheese, little sausage, broccoli and tomato.

Here is the link for idea of  Bento. You'd be surprised how cute it is!
I can't believe some Japanese mom(or daddy) make such a pretty bento every morning!

Enjoy your lunch!

息子が週１回お弁当を持って延長保育してもらうことになりました。リクエストはたこ焼きでしたが、家にはたこ焼ききもないし、朝から作っていられませんよね(汗)
結局、一般的なおにぎり、卵、たこさんウインナー等になりました。
小さいお弁当箱でしたが、おにぎりが別になったので、隙間を埋めるのに苦労しました。
日本のキャラ弁とは程遠いですが、かわいいピックなどを使ったので本人はとても嬉しそうでした。
お弁当の中身、週１でも考えるのがネタ切れです。
毎日かわいいお弁当を作っている日本のお母さんは本当にすごいと思います。