Bento boxes are pretty well-known, even in the States. In Japan, they are a lunch staple. You can buy these compartmentalized lunches, with a little bit of this and a little bit of that, on the street. Many folks also pack their own.
While surfing around, trying to find the Japanese name of the fish cake that Yukari mocked me with, I stumbled across today’s bento box (今日のお弁当). It’s a moblog. The author has been taking a picture and writing a short description of every bento box that she (I assume) has prepared.
The catch? She’s been doing this since 2000. Over 5 years of lunches, captured in perpetuity. Since cameraphones have been available in Japan for years, I suspect there’s probably tons of this kind of stuff floating around.
But, even before the cameraphone, some folks were doing this old skool. Check out this series of family portraits.
February 17th’s Lunch
Posted by pmk at February 18, 2005 12:34 AM | TrackBack