Furoshiki, a touch of elegance and tradition to carry your bento box
A Furoshiki is a colorful square of cloth full of history.In the Japanese tradition, it was originally used to wrap and carry clothes. In fact, starting from the seventeenth...
Katsushika Hokusai
Katsushita Hokusai, a world-renowned Japanese painter and printmaker, was born in 1760 in the Edo district of Japan. Although he was the son of a prominent glass craftsman who...
Shibori
Shibori is one of the oldest Japanese textile dyeing techniques that spread during the Edo period, also known as the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868). It is an artisanal method that, through...
Ekiben, the bento boxes at the train station
Ekiben (駅 弁 station lunch) is a special type of bento box sold at the train station or on the trains themselves throughout Japan. They are usually packed together...
Shinkansen, the bullet train
The Shinkansen (新 幹線 literally "new railway trunk") is also known by the colloquial name that has been attributed to it: "bullet train", and refers to the network of...
Fight world hunger with the Onigiri Action campaign!
We at bento-box.it have recently learned about a worldwide social campaign that takes place during the month of October and is called “Onigiri Action”! The campaign is led by...
4 Traditional Japanese Ways to Enjoy fall
In Italy, when you think of autumn, the first things that come to mind are: the end of days at the beach, pumpkin-based dishes and the unstoppable approach of...
The unique charm of Japanese lacquers: the Kaga Maki-e technique
Maki-e, (蒔 絵, literally sparkling painting) is the art of decorating lacquered wood objects with colored powders (mainly in gold or silver). Although the use of lacquer tree resin...
The cult of the Sando
The "sando" (from the English sandwich) is that type of Japanese sandwich capable of satisfying the desire for warmth and pleasure that fills the heart with every single bite....