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Bento box spotlight: A real Pokeball bento box

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There are plenty of Pokémon oriented bento things out there. Get da ze!

A review, of sorts, of a very compact rice carrier called the Smart-Han.

(Warning: Nothing at all here that's not safe for work, but if you are the type of person that's easily offended, please skip this post. Thank you. ^_^)

What do you call a bento creator?

Now that bentos are becoming more and more popular outside of Japan, the question arises:

What do you call someone who makes bentos?

Video: Get your kid ready for school and a bento in less than 5 minutes!

I am a bit wary of putting Japanese YouTube videos here, because soon after I do they seem to be taken down. But I'm taking a chance with this one (via sherimiya on Twitter) because it's just too funny. It's from a program on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), one of the major Japanese TV networks, called _Jitan Seikatsu Gaido Shou_ (時短生活ガイドショー), an infotainment show about how to save time in all kinds of ways.