TOKYO — Washoku, traditional Japanese cuisine, has been registered on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The registration is believed to be in recognition that Japanese dishes, including ...

Discover the history and cultural significance of the Japanese bento box, a balanced meal combined with artistic presentation ...

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 ...

Trader Joe's is packed with great items you can combine in a bento box for healthy, delicious lunches. The best part? They ...

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 ...

Bento boxes were once a quintessential part of Japanese cuisine but have now become a global phenomenon and for good reason. Not only are they visually appealing, but they are also super convenient ...

Frenchman Thomas Bertrand came to Japan in pursuit of what he called “the Japanese Dream”. He ended up finding it in Kyoto bento boxes. “For my parents’ generation, it was the American Dream,” says ...