shiso powder adds a pretty purple color and tangy flavor to these rolls – a perfect light lunch

Two pretty pink onigiri topped with kamaboko “ribbons” help raise awareness of breast cancer.

Ginkgo leaves are easy to cut from fall veggies, and add a pop of fall color to your lunch!

Purple potato and black “forbidden” rice make for an exotic and appealing vegetarian lunch.

Egg salad on Paris Baguette’s soft, fluffy “milk bread” — a heavenly lunch!

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A pretty, vintage-inspired lunch… hit the park in style!

Unlike raw fish, fried chicken — paired with red onion, jalapeno, butter lettuce and lime zest — stays fresh in your bento box!

A cute retro girl with a bobbed hairstyle is a simple accent to a yummy omelet and fried rice lunch!

Add a salami “hood” to an onigiri for a fun fairy-tale themed lunch!

Two frog-shaped onigiri make for a fun and filling lunch!

Three tangy ume onigiri perfectly complement roasted asparagus and brussels sprouts in this chic adult bento.

Elegant purple-and-green shikai maki (square sushi) takes practice, but luckily you can eat the test runs!

A vegetarian sausage patty easily transforms into a sweet kitty face… a cool lunchtime trick!

For the first lunch in this beautiful lacquered box, something classic: onigiri with shiso leaves, and tamagoyaki.

Robots in love! This couple can be cut from simple geometric shapes — a great beginner’s bento theme.