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Japanese bento shop touches hearts by selling super cheap boxed lunches for around a dollar

• Oona McGee
  Jun 17, 2026
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A humble store so generous it makes us want to cry.

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Japanese bento shop sells croquettes for 13 cents, but are they any good?

• Oona McGee
  Apr 14, 2026

You won’t find food in Japan much cheaper than this. 

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• (bento • boxed lunch • boxed lunches • cheap eats • croquettes • food • foodies • Japanese food • Kanagawa • obento • super cheap eats)

Will frozen bento onigiri be Japan’s next big convenience store food trend?【Taste test】

• Elliot Hale
  Feb 8, 2025

We try out three flavors to see if cramming an entire lunch into a rice ball is truly a genius idea or just another gimmick.

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• (bento onigiri • boxed lunches • COK • frozen food • obento • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)

Japanese sake brewery helps to create a stunning bento meal

• Oona McGee
  Jul 19, 2024

Centuries of brewing experience makes traditional Japanese food taste better than ever before.

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• (bento • boxed lunches • COK • fish • food • Japanese food • Japanese supermarkets • Kunimare • mackerel • obento • saba • sake • sake brewery • SNJO • supermarket food • supermarkets • taste test)

McDonald’s creates a dream Japanese bento for April Fools’ Day

• Oona McGee
  Apr 2, 2024

And here’s how you can create one too. 

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• (April Fools' Day • bento • COK • fast food • food • food hack • hack • Japanese food • Makunouchi bento • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • news • obento • P.K. Sanjun • taste test)

Japanese bento shop becomes a hot topic with foreigners on Reddit, but is it any good?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 9, 2023

An ordinary bento store by Japanese standards is gaining popularity with international tourists.

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Meet the Mega Bento, a Japanese meal that’s heavier than a newborn baby

• Oona McGee
  Aug 19, 2022

A surprising supermarket find is our biggest food challenge yet!

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Insider tip leads us to one of the best obento lunchbox finds in Japan!

• Oona McGee
  Mar 29, 2021

Value-for-money bentos so good we were tempted to keep the secret to ourselves.

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• (bento • bento box • food • Japanese food • local specialties • lunch boxes • obento • Okinawa • okinawan cuisine • SNJO • supermarkets • taste test)

Fake eggs are being used in Japanese convenience store bentos

• Oona McGee
  Jan 15, 2020

Customer’s investigation leads to a discovery that’s shocked people around Japan.

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• (bento • convenience store food • convenience stores • eggs • food • Japanese convenience stores • obento)

We devour a three-kilogram spaghetti and meatballs obento lunchbox

• Oona McGee
  Sep 5, 2017

The boxed feast lets you recreate a famous scene from a Hayao Miyazaki anime movie.

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• (anime • bento • food challenge • Hayao Miyazaki • Kitchen DIVE • Lupin the Third • Mr. Sato • obento • spaghetti)

Rice cats feel the cold, need omelette blankets this winter【Pics & Video】

• Oona McGee
  Nov 13, 2015

We’ve seen gorgeous character bentos and grated radish animals swimming in hotpot stews, but this winter it’s all about shivering rice cats begging to be covered in bright yellow omelette blankets.

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KFC now selling bento lunchboxes from exclusive chain of Japanese-style outlets

• Oona McGee
  Jun 16, 2014

People in Japan love fried chicken. It’s so popular it’s become one of the staple ingredients in Japanese bento lunches, where it’s served in small, boneless pieces known as kara-age, and it’s in such high demand that you’ll find queues outside specialist kara-age joints around the country.

World-famous fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken has finally picked up on the popularity of the chicken piece with a new line-up of Japanese-style hole-in-the-wall outlets dedicated to serving up kara-age in a variety of KFC flavours. And that’s not all. They’ll even serve it up in a bento lunchbox too.

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