The Japanese bento box, more formally known as obento ... There's even a style called kyaraben bento that involves crafting the food to look like anime characters and cute animals, like these ...

Editor’s note: In the Every Bento Tells a Story series, Chikako Tada, editor of Pen & Spoon, a website devoted to food, writes about ... way you like in a bento box. Or layer them in parallel ...