These are some pictures I meant to upload a while back, but am just now getting to them. This was a fantastic bento that I had at work a week or so ago. One thing that I love about the culture here is that presentation is very important in Japan. This is something that, if you came to Japan, you would probably discover within a few hours of being here. At pretty much any place you go, from the most expensive stores around all the way down to the seven-elevens, they treat presentation of merchandise with great care. It’s incredible. And it’s probably one of the things I will miss most about Japan when I return to the US. Because even a ten-dollar bento lunch, with the right presentation, can make you feel like you’re eating like a king.
About Me
My name is Lawrence Denes.After spending 5 years studying Japanese language, culture, literature, and history in St. Louis and Kyoto, I now live in Japan, in a town that most Japanese people have never even heard of, lost amid the rice fields and vending machines.
Please feel free to ask me anything, or send me an email.
