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Book review and giveaway: Real Bento

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Real Bento: Fresh and Easy Bentos from a Japanese Working Mom is a cookbook by a popular bento blogger in Japan called Kanae Inoue. She takes a very pragmatic, streamlined approach to making bentos, based on her years of making them for her three children for many years - a boy (who is now in college and living away from home) and two girls.

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Bento box spotlight: A real Pokeball bento box

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

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Bento box and accessories review: monbento bento boxes and accessories from France

An in depth look at the monbento line of bento boxes and accessories, including the boxes themselves, the sauce cups, cutlery and the brand new silicone molds.

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Bento box review: Gangnam Style! Gangnam bento boxes from South Korea

Unless you were living as a hermit away from any internet connection last year, you have probably heard of Gangnam Style, the phenomenal video sensation by South Korean entertainer PSY, aka Park Jae-sang, that took over the world. But Gangnam is not just the name of a rap song featuring a geeky looking dude dancing like a madman. It's also the name of a district in Seoul, South Korea, and that's where this interesting line of bento boxes come from.

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Takara Tomy Arts Smart-Han: The most compact bento box ever...??

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. ^_^)

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Bento box review: The all-stainless steel LunchBots Quad

An in-depth look into the newest all-stainless steel bento box from LunchBots. Includes a special discount offer for JustBento readers!

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Bento box review: Atsuben Kun heats up your lunch

A review of a sleek little bento box that actually heats up your food without a microwave.

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Great bento box makers: Shibata Yoshinobu Shoten in Odate, Akita, Japan

Last year, I visited the workshop of Shibata Yoshinobu Shoten, one of the most renowned makers of magewappa (bent wood) bento boxes and other items in Japan. Here, finally, is my report.

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