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2010 Holiday Gift Guide For Bento Fans Part 2: $10-$50
Welcome to part 2 of the 2010 Holiday Gift Guide for bento fans! In Part 1 we covered $10-and-under stocking stuffers. This time, we get the the price range where you can pick up a serious, high...
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2010 Holiday Gift Guide For Bento Fans Part 3: above $50
Welcome to the 3rd and final part of the 2010 Holiday Gift Guide for bento fans! In Part 1 we covered under-$10 gifts, and in Part 2 we looked at gifts in the $10-50 range. Now it’s time to look at...
View ArticleBento supplies vendor news, plus a summer bento safety reminder
Some news from the great bento suppliers who help to keep this site going! CasaBento has greatly revamped and expanded their site. They have hundreds of bento boxes and supplies for sale, plus a new...
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Bento vendor news: A great big bento contest by Bento&co
With the kids (or yourself) not in school and the lazy days of summer stretching before you, are you feeling the need for a little bento inspiration? Then the big 2011 Bento Contest sponsored by our...
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Bento vendor news: Bento accessories giveaway at All Things For Sale
Here’s more news from the bento world. All Things For Sale is having a great bento accessories and tools giveaway - and all you have to do is to leave a comment at the bottom of the page linked here...
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Great bento box makers: A visit to Hakoya in Ishikawa, Japan
In April, I had the opportunity to pay a visit to one of my favorite Japanese bento box makers. Hakoya (Tatsumiya K.K.) is located in Kaga Onsen, a quiet town in Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, on the...
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Bento vendor news: Voting for the Bento&co 2011 Contest has started
A quick note to let you know that the top 20 finalists in the Bento&co Contest 2011 (announced here previously) has started! Check out the entries on their blog. At the moment the instructions are...
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The Bento&co 2012 Contest is here!
Contests are a great way to stretch your bento making skills and see how they compare with your fellow bentoists. And one of the biggest and most hotly contested ones, sponsored by Bento&co is back...
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Making bento lunches in a dorm room
[It’s back-to-school time! This article was originally posted in September 2008, and revised several times since. There are lots of great ideas in the comments, so be sure to check them out! ]Here’s a...
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2012 Holiday Bento Shopping Guide
For some reason I’ve only done this every couple of years on JustBento, but to celebrate my Return To Blogging, I thought I’d put together a short list of bento related goodies that have caught my eye....
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Rakuten Global free shipping offer, and monbento iPad giveaway
Two quick bits of news: monbento is releasing a mobile app soon, and to commemorate they are giving away an iPad and 100 bento boxes.. No purchase necessary to enter. Rakuten Global, the international...
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