Any ideas for bento (Japanese lunch boxes)?

I'm really interested in the Japanese culture, plus the boxes are so darn cute! And suggestions for food? Thank you, ^_^!Any ideas for bento (Japanese lunch boxes)?
'Obento' is basically rice and 'okazu', anything that goes with rice (meat, fish, egg, etc.). Bento usually includes some type of pickled or salted vegetable to accompany the food and cleanse the palate. In Japan, food is supposed to stimulate all the senses, including the eyes. See the attached link to see the creativity of the Japanese.



http://www.pbs.org/opb/meaningoffood/foo鈥?/a>Any ideas for bento (Japanese lunch boxes)?
i'm totally disappointed. i spent almost an hour on this. the best answer tt was chosen did not show how to make a bento at all. it juz shows the customs of e japanese. i'm shocked at even why the asker didnt choose my answer but put it on a vote instead. TOTALLY disappointed..

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Any ideas for bento (Japanese lunch boxes)?
oh my god.. do u know this is the 3RD TIME i'm actually typing my entry for this question?? never mind, no one will believe me anyway.. i was so detailed and looked so many pages on the net to find a best easy way to help u in preparing a bento.who knows my stupid com always has a problem with its internet connection.(was dc 2 times) *sigh*



i really don't feel like re-typing the essay i juz did, so i will directly invite u to click on the websites i found for u, guaranteed to be satisfying!!! i love jap cuisine too, and here i and my mum and sis work at a jap restaurant. i'm staying in singapore do u mind telling me where u stay?



anyway, my e-mail is yuni_chan88@yahoo.com.sg feel free to mail me and we can further discuss.. i'm so excited to find someone with the same interest as me.



i wold suggest ur bento include onigiri(rice balls), ebi fry(fried prawns), as ur main dish. japs also like to include sausages in their bento where they cut the sausage into 2 or 3 smaller parts and then snip the end of a piece of the smaller sausage so that the end kind of split opens to look something like a squid.(i've included a link on how to make this pattern on a sausage) it would be great if u could include fresh fruits in ur bento, like watermelons.



meanwhile i invite u to click on the links for the recipes(1st link on onigiri, 2nd link on ebi fry, 3rd link on various other japanese food recipes u can include in ur bento, 4th link sausages patterns), while my hands take a break.. hope my compuer doesn't go through another dc..



Oh yea, gd luck on ur bento!! =]