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 ...

Japan is one of the most culinarily rich countries on Earth, and many of its ancient food traditions live on today. One of the most iconic and resilient of these traditions is the humble bento box — a ...

Everyone from school children to salary men in Japan look forward to when the lunch bell rings, signaling it’s time for bento. The artfully-arranged boxes boast different compartments, each filled ...

Love high-quality meat? Check out this bento box from Japan. Following is a transcript of the video. This $2,800 Japanese bento box comes with nine pounds of beef. Bento boxes typically contain ...

Film critics and commentators have often drawn parallels between "My Neighbor Totoro" and aspects of Japan’s religious beliefs and folklore, particularly the concept of spirits and deities being ...

It is not every day that a delivery lunch also looks like a work of art. Inside Gorumando's modern twists on Japanese bento boxes, the home-pickled daikon radish rests next to the bright orange slice ...

With big New Year’s parties officially out of the question, Bay Area stay-at-home revelers looking for a new, festive, and distinctly non-depressing way to ring in the New Year via takeout need look ...

What does a highly acclaimed chef do after more than two decades heading the kitchens at two of the most popular Asian Fusion restaurants in town? In the case of Chef Yuichi Natori, along with his ...

ONTARIO, Ore. — May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month. This week, we are shining a spotlight on some of the members in our community who are of Asian or Pacific islander descent and ...

A new destination for sushi, hibachi dinners and other Japanese specialties is coming soon to west Bethlehem. Ginza Sushi Japanese Restaurant, offering sushi, sashimi, bento boxes and more, is set to ...

One of the region’s best Japanese barbecue restaurants, Yakiya in Hacienda Heights, is far more elegant than anything else in its genre. The restaurant features an omakase-style menu focused on ...