Bento, or lunchbox, is a fun slice of Japanese food culture that more people around the world are sharing. Healthy and delicious foods are beautifully and creatively presented. This NHK series features demonstrations and advice by Japanese bento experts, as well as shares some of the bento pictures and videos sent in by viewers worldwide.
New york top chef's bento challenge
Omugiri & kara-age
Meatloaf sandwich & tamagoyaki
Salmon nanbanzuke & maki-maki
2016-2017 highlights
Teriyaki maitake & "oyako" teriyaki
Vegetable garden with niku miso & mixed rice with mackerel
Shirataki yakisoba & shogayaki
Hanami bento & fun rolls
Miso salmon & minced meat cutlet
Hamba-gu & sukiyaki onigirazu
Kushiage & wasabi chicken
Shumai & tendon
Taco rice & mosaic soboro
Summer roll & yakitori
Honey lemon chicken & stuffed pepper
Ebichiri & temari-zushi
Chicken nanban & takikomi-gohan
Keema curry & ham-katsu
Okonomiyaki & mayo-yaki chicken
Katsu sandwich & hot dog onigiri
Triple kara-age
Age-teri
Sukiyaki & japanese style sandwich
Kakuni & curry-flavored grilled onigiri
Miso butter chicken & plump fried shrimp
Loco moco bento & double maki-maki bento
Ramen salad bento & chicken chashu bento
Gyoza bento & pastel korokke bento
Nikumiso dengaku bento & wafu steak bento
Grilled karei-pan bento & salmon tatsuta-age bento
Drop-fried tofu bento & sweet and sour pork bento
Chicken tebasaki bento & ten-musu onigiri bento
Italian-style chirashi sushi bento & sesame nuggets bento
Tori-suki okowa bento & meat-wrapped onion rings
Rainbow kakiage bento & sweet-and-sour chicken buns bento
Orange chicken bento & "tuna-burg" bento
Karokke bento & ebi-mayo bento
Mabo nasu bento & sauce katsu-don bento
Salmon menchi-katsu bento & chicken-nasu with 4s sauce bento
Sukiyaki soboro bento & scotch egg bento
Spaghetti napolitan bento & curry pilaf bento
Braised chicken wing bento & stuffed mushroom bento
Chicken tender rolls bento & norimaki meat roll bento
Dry nikujaga bento & colorful shumai bento
Butter-soy sauce shrimp bento & ebi katsu bento
Steak gyudon bento & kanitama(crab and egg)-don bento
Banbanji bento & miso tsukune bento
Teriyaki hamburg bento & chirashi-zushi bento
Salmon teriyaki bento & apricot butter chicken bento
Buta-don bento & nasu meat roll bento
Crispy tofu bento & sweet and sour meatball bento
Fruit sando bento & hanami bento
Chicken katsudon bento & maki-maki omurice bento
Shiitake yaki-onigiri bento & kani cream korokke bento
Lamb chop bento & tangy chicken bento
Yaki-udon bento & rice korokke bento
Fried wonton bento & whole tomato pilaf bento
Sushi sandwich bento & norimaki salmon fritter bento
Colorful inari-sushi bento & cabbage menchi-katsu bento
Chicken cordon bleu bento & yakiniku norimaki bento
Miso-butter salmon bento & fried stuffed nasu bento
Harumaki bento & soy meat dry curry bento
Ganmodoki bento & pork kinpira burger bento
Saikoro pepper steak bento & sweet potato rice bento
Salmon nanbanzuke bento & braised pork bento
Triple curry soboro bento & saba katsu bento
Tantanmen bento & veggie wrapper shumai bento
Ebi fry bento & cabbage roll bento
Satsuma-age bento & garden beef roll bento
Miso-katsu bento & miso-chicken sandwich bento
Tonteki bento & clam rice bento
Teri-tama sandwich bento & mosaic sushi bento
Shichimi chicken bento & shichimi sausage bento
Taimeshi bento & oyaki bento
Beef and spicy mayo roll bento & miso-mayo sawara bento
Sanga-burg bento
Kinchaku tamago bento & pork inari bento
Curry soup bento & creamy kabocha soup
Lamb and veggie stir-fry bento & tori-ten bento
Kakiage sandwich bento & veggie menchi-katsu bento
Maple-miso chicken bento & maple-mustard pork bento
Tochigi special: chicken wing gyoza bento & nori gyoza bento
Curry goya champuru bento & purple sweet potato korokke bento
Stamina donburi bento & salmon avocado bento
Meat-wrapped onigiri bento & fireworks onigiri bento
Tofu kara-age bento & pork belly kara-age bento
Kara-age with tangy scallion sauce bento & layered katsu bento
Salmon daikon bento & tomato sukiyaki bento
California roll bento & crab rice bento
Oyster rice bento & miso-butter oyster bento
Dashimaki egg sandwich bento & fried meat-wrapped quail eggs bento
Sobameshi (fried yakisoba-and-rice) bento & pumpkin mochi bento
Chirashi-zushi peacock bento & glass noodle lion bento
Lemon-marinated shrimp bento & lemon chirashi-zushi bento
Onigiri bento
Tamagoyaki bento
Scallion oil chicken bento & salmon piccata bento
Katsu curry bento & currywurst bento
Vegan shogayaki bento & japanese-style tuna pasta bento
Rainbow soboro bento & green veggies and chicken sandwich bento
Salt-cured salmon (shiozake) bento
Chicken kara-age bento
Acorn onigiri bento & japanese-style baguette sandwich bento
Mushroom rice bento & wrap and roll sushi bento
Miso-glazed pork bento & sweet potato korokke bento
Salmon rice bento & rice burger bento
Miso ramen bento & tonjiru (pork miso soup) bento
Datemaki & matsukazeyaki
Salmon pita bento & good luck chicken katsu bento
Peanut fried rice bento & peanut tsukune chicken bento
Quick omurice bento & 10-minute hamburg bento
Spring blossom chirashi-sushi bento & maki-maki flower bento
Sweet chili chicken tatsuta bento & curry chicken salad sandwich
Citrus teriyaki pork bento & pork kimchi don bento
Morioka jajamen bento & soba inari bento
Pork ketchup bento & glazed tofu bento
Tamagoyaki five-color bento & scallion pancake bento (negiyaki)
Caramelized beef (shigure-ni) bento & beef onigirazu bento
Umeboshi chicken bento & ume-shiso chicken sandwich bento
Tofu dengaku (miso-glazed crispy tofu) bento & teriyaki tortilla bento
Miso tamagoyaki bento & miso-marinated cod (saikyo-yaki) bento
Koyadofu and chicken teriyaki bento & koyadofu and matsutake rice bento
Chakin-zushi (omelet-wrapped sushi) bento & stuffed pepper bento
Soba sushi roll bento & colorful spring roll bento
Fried tofu patty (ganmodoki) bento & unagi-style eggplant (unagi modoki) bento
Soy meat kara-age bento & tofu teriyaki bento
Jibuni-style simmered duck bento & crabstick croquette bento
Ginger pork teriyaki bento & wrap-n-roll pork bento
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