boxed lunches

Kyoto’s Nishiki Market has great bento boxed lunches, and here are our top 3 picks

Whether you’re looking to eat in the park, along the river, or on the Shinkansen, “Kyoto’s Kitchen” has you covered.

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Gunma’s secret-to-us bento soul food stop that all the locals know and love: Torihei【Taste test】

Our Gunma sources clue us in on a local favorite.

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Famous train station bento boxed lunches, but in a can? Taste-testing canned ekiben【Taste test】

There’s only one station in Japan where you can find these canned versions of famous boxed lunches.

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Tokyo Station’s second-most popular bento is great because of what it isn’t【Taste test】

Unassuming inarizushi just might be the best bento to grab at Tokyo Station.

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Cat shaped seaweed can turn even the most unappetising meals into adorable works of art

Maximise how cute your meal looks with these time-saving seaweed sheets!

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7-Eleven Japan begins to implement new colorless food containers to reduce CO2 emissions

The new containers have already been rolled out at store locations in Japan’s northernmost prefecture Hokkaido.

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Tokyo bento shop giving away 2,205 pounds of free food to help negi farmers

Kitchen Dive continues to be the most generous bento boxed lunch shop in Japan.

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Discount super market’s super cheap bento wows us with its looks, confuses us with its taste

A tremendous value for money…that is, if you don’t mind eating it.

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Japanese freight container bento satisfies our hunger for unusual lunches

A lunchbox so popular its makers can’t keep up with demand.

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Japanese convenience store Lawson releases new ultra-cheap 200-yen (US$1.75) bento【Taste test】

Can cheap lightning strike twice?

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Flower field bento is cute, quick, and easy…just be careful not to make one mistake【Pics】

Japanese Twitter falls in love with both the clever before and disastrous after of this boxed lunch.

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Drunk customer who threw coins at Tokyo bento shop gets arrested

Justice is served to liquored-up customer who got violent over not getting the service he wanted.

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Two Harry Potter cafes opening in Japan, serving up Gryffindor bento and Hagrid misspelled cakes

”You’re a Japanese cafe, Harry.”

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Cheapest convenience store bento ever? This boxed lunch warms the heart for less than two bucks

Lawson Store 100’s premium-priced meal is still a bento bargain.

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Sorry don’t cut it – Tokyo bento shop refuses apology from drunk who threw money at worker’s face

Kitchen Dive tells man to take a hike straight to the police and turn himself in.

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Drunk customers throw money at Tokyo bento shop workers’ heads, owners need help tracking them down【Video】

”We want them arrested” says Kitchen Dive after assailants throw money at employees and threaten to attack them after work.

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Shinjuku Bento surprises us with historic ingredient from the samurai era

Unusual ekiben takes us back in time with a hot ingredient. 

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Denny’s opens take-out only branch in Tokyo with cheap, tasty Japanese bento boxed lunches

Curry, omurice also on the menu.

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THAT MUCH for white rice and one tiny plum? Eating Japan’s most-expensive “cheap” bento【Taste test】

The “circle of the sun boxed lunch” is usually a friend to those with a lonely wallet, but not this one.

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Legendary Tokyo bento shop offers free food 24 hours a day for one month if it meets Twitter goal

Kitchen Dive’s craziest, most generous offer yet.

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