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Shumi Bento Buffet

A buffet of hobbies! To survive the lockdown starting a new hobby is a perfect way to crush lockdown blues. The Japanese word for ‘hobby’ is ‘Shumi‘. We are starting a new series in our bento that look at Japanese…

Shumi Bento Buffet

Top 10 Summer 2020 Anime Recommendations

Summer of Magic It may be the summer we will never forget because of the lock down, but it is also a summer filled with anime that will give us new memories and adventures. We have quite a lot of…

Top 10 Summer 2020 Anime Recommendations

Virtual Touring Bento Buffet

Let’s Go Virtual! In this month’s bento we explore virtual touring since we are still under lock-down. We can’t travel to other countries by train, plane or automobile but since technology are one of man’s biggest accomplishes we will surf…

Virtual Touring Bento Buffet

Visual Kei Bento Buffet

A Celebration of Visual Kei We’re not letting the lock-down keep us down, this bento we rock with lots of Visual Kei music, rockin’ food recipes, musical Japanese lessons, free stuff, news from the motherland of anime, Japan and our…

Visual Kei Bento Buffet

Top 10 Spring 2020 Anime Recommendations

Super sugoi spring releases!! It is Japan’s Spring season and time for the Anime Spring releases. Lots of Super Sugoi Fantasy and Mystery anime this season and as well as history anime for the history buffs out there. Fan favourites…

Top 10 Spring 2020 Anime Recommendations

Ink-Fusion Bento Buffet

An Ink-fusion of Anime and Japanese Culture In this bento we learn more about Japan and it’s outlook on the tattoo culture, we also share an ink-inspired recipe and AMV and more surprises, We take a look at anime popular…

Ink-Fusion Bento Buffet

Hot Pot Bento Buffet

Hot News from the world of anime!! Konnichiwa Minna, we bring you a hot serving of Bento Buffet this month. Some of the dishes we’ve prepared are a deeper look into the lore of the Japanese Hot Pot, some yummy…

Hot Pot Bento Buffet

Top 10 Winter 2020 Anime Recommendations

Lost in Winter If you are lucky, winter transforms your world into a wonderland to get lost in. Anime is also a wonderland in itself with many stories to tell. Adventures awaits – anthropological animals, sorcerers, Yokai, dragons that eat…

Top 10 Winter 2020 Anime Recommendations

Bento Buffet Gift Edition

Explore Japan’s Gift Giving Culture! It is December, to many cultures it is Gift month, a time to exchange gifts, from for spiritual reasons others just in the spirit of goodwill. Japan has it’s own etiquette in when and how…

Bento Buffet Gift Edition

Kowai Yūrei Bento Buffet

Yūrei: dark entities of the night It is October, or to some, Spooktober as this is the month of everything Halloween. In this bento we’re going to explore the world of the yūrei, the spirits of the dead that haunts…

Kowai Yūrei Bento Buffet

Pirates of Anime Bento Buffet

Beware the Pirates! Pirates have evolved during the ages. We know the original pirates were seasoned sea-legged bandits sailing the seven seas but they have been re-imagined in many ways such as space pirates in science fictions, sky pirates in…

Pirates of Anime Bento Buffet

Strawberry Bento Buffet

It is Strawberry Season!! Every season something new happens. In Spring trees blossom changing the world into a magic explosion of bright colours and in Autumn leaves fall carpeting the world in reds, yellows and browns. Even human life has…

Strawberry Bento Buffet

May Anime Challenge – Nana

Our May anime challenge is the romance/ slice of life/ music anime Nana, based on the Manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. The manga itself ran from 2000 to 2009 in Cookie Magazine when…

May Anime Challenge – Nana

Legends of The Sakura Bento Buffet

Explore Sakura Lore As a new season is birthed another season dies. We bring you a bento filled with darkness but also light. We look at a sakura legend, discover an interesting link between the words Sakura and Sake, share…

Legends of The Sakura Bento Buffet

Top 10 Spring 2019 Anime Recommendations

Spring Fever Another season ends and a new one is born from its ashes. Sakura trees sprout leaves and soon blossoms will bloom and spring fever will wake everyone from the sleepiness of winter. Soon people will dust off their…

Top 10 Spring 2019 Anime Recommendations

Bento Buffet Shrine Edition

Discover Japan’s Shrines and Temples Konnichiwa Minna! There are many anime that plays off at shrines and temples or has shrines and priests as a crucial part of the storyline like Kamisama Hajimemashita and Shiki. In this Bento we explore…

Bento Buffet Shrine Edition

Top Ten Winter 2019 Anime Recommendations

It is Winter in Japan. In some places it will snow and the world will transform into a beautiful snowy white landscape. Winter has a certain charm and beauty to it and some countries are lucky to experience snow. Just…

Top Ten Winter 2019 Anime Recommendations

Ski Shini Ikimasho! Bento Buffet

Ski, anime-style Happy New Year Fanatiks! We kick off this year in full velocity as we ski through a ski anime themed Bento. We learn about skiing in Japan, learn Japanese Ski words, look at the results of The South…

Ski Shini Ikimasho! Bento Buffet

The Top Ten Anime Recommendations for Fall 2018

Konnichiwa Minna. It is fall season in Japan. Everywhere leaves turn from green into brown and red and starts falling to the ground and birds starts to migrate to warmer climates, the days get cooler but for the anime community…

The Top Ten Anime Recommendations for Fall 2018

The Kanpai Bento Buffet

Kanpai minna! There is a drink that can unite almost anyone in the world; it is served in shebeens in Africa, in London pubs and in Izakaya in Tokyo. Whether you say kanpai or cheers to beer, it is the…

The Kanpai Bento Buffet

Ten Spring Season 2018 Anime Recommendations

In Japan, as spring brings new leaves and blossom to the trees, spring also brings new anime releases. This season there are tons of new great anime series as well as the return of old favourite series, some of them…

Ten Spring Season 2018 Anime Recommendations

Valentine Romance Bento Buffet

Anime and Romance It is the month of chocolate, teddy bears, and love. Every country has its special way to celebrate St. Valentine’s day and in this issue of Bento Buffet we will see how the people in Japan celebrate…

Valentine Romance Bento Buffet

Ten Winter Season 2018 Anime Recommendations

Ten Winter Season 2018 Anime Recommendations Winter magic! Japan is entering its winter season. Blankets of snow turn the world into a winter wonderland. Winter is magic to those that embrace it. In a snow-covered wintery Japan, some of the…

Ten Winter Season 2018 Anime Recommendations

The Christmas In Japan Bento Buffet

Share the Christmas anime cheer Christmas is almost upon us and we celebrate by sharing anime news, learn about Japan’s Christmas traditions, feast our eyes on yummy Japanese Christmas Food and listening to some Japanese Christmas music. We also open…

The Christmas In Japan Bento Buffet

BTOOOM! Week 4 – Final

Crash, Btooom!, Bang! Konnichiwa Minna. It is time for our weekly anime challenge. Last week’s challenge was Episode 7 – 9 of the anime BTOOOM! In episode 7, while in the midst of looking for Himiko, after a fight with…

BTOOOM! Week 4 – Final

BTOOOM! Week 3

Bite or BTOOOM! Konnichiwa Minna. It is time for our weekly anime challenge. Last week’s challenge was Episode 4 –6 of the anime BTOOOM! Let us recap on what happened: in Episode 4 we meet the very young and very…

BTOOOM! Week 3

BTOOOM! Week 2

When all goes BTOOOM! Konnichiwa Minna. It is time for our weekly anime challenge. Last week’s challenge was Episode 1 – 3 of the anime BTOOOM! In episode 1,2 and 3 we met 22-Year-old unemployed gamer Ryota Sakamoto who excels…

BTOOOM! Week 2

BTOOOM! Week 1

BTOOOM! Explode and Explore! Konnichiwa Minna. It is time for our anime Challenge. Last month our challenge was the occult detective anime series Mononoke. We hope you enjoyed the challenge as much as we did. This month’s challenge is the…

BTOOOM! Week 1

Fall Culture Bento Buffet

Putting the Kawaii in Culture We can learn much from a country and its culture from its seasons and Japan has a rich and unique seasonal culture. Every season has its own cuisine culture, like eating Oden or Chestnuts in…

Fall Culture Bento Buffet

Bento Buffet Summer Beach Edition

The last days of Summer It is the last days of summer for the 2017 anime summer releases and we look at a few beach episodes, take a look at what is happening in anime this season, share some anime…

Bento Buffet Summer Beach Edition

Summer Heat Bento Buffet

The heat is on The anime for the Japanese season is hot as the sun, but why turn down the heat, join us as we look at current anime news, a yummy recipe and listen to some sugoi anime tunes.…

Summer Heat Bento Buffet

Summer of Magic Bento Buffet

The summer is magic Like a certain old nineties song proclaimed, The summer is magic, especially in Japan. It is a time of sunflower fields and fireflies, cracking open a watermelon or kakigori to eat on lazy hot summer days……

Summer of Magic Bento Buffet

Ten Summer 2017 anime recommendations

a taste of summer! It is summer season in Japan. At night all over Japan, fireflies bring a romantic ambiance to the summer nights, by day the beauty of the sunflower fields brings its own type of magic and soon…

Ten Summer 2017 anime recommendations

End of Spring Bento Buffet

The End is never the End! Only a month is over of the spring anime releases, soon it will be July and a summer anime season, filled with new anime stories to enjoy. In anime the end of a season…

End of Spring Bento Buffet

Golden Week Bento Buffet

Learn more about Japan’s favourite spring week Spring is a fun season in Japan, not only does the Sakura blossoms attract tourists from all over Japan and internationally, but it is also when Japan celebrates Golden Week. In this bento…

Golden Week Bento Buffet

Spring Bento Buffet

The promise of Spring Hello Anime fanatiks. We live in a world ruled by seasons don’t we? Seasons rise and fall, we meet new scenes, like the browning and reddening of leaves of autumn, and as well, right now in…

Spring Bento Buffet

Top Ten Anime Spring Releases 2017!

Make this spring an anime celebration! The season of spring is poetic and beautiful in Japan. It is a time of Sakura (Cherry Blossom) trees in bloom. Now is also the time when a new batch of anime gets released.…

Top Ten Anime Spring Releases 2017!

Bento Buffet January/February

Your Source of monthly anime news Join us as we look at the month that was, look at the AMV of the month, share interesting traditional Japanese recipes, and spread the word by learning some Japanese. Our bento is…

Bento Buffet January/February

Bento Buffet Week 50 – Frieza & Gabriel Dropout

See Frieza like you have never seen him before We look at Frieza’s drumming skills, share news about Gabriel Dropout, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress and Kuzu no Honkai, look at the new Pokémon Go update and share a yummy…

Bento Buffet Week 50 – Frieza & Gabriel Dropout

Top Ten Winter 2016 Anime Recommendations

What’s new this Winter? It is Winter Season in Japan. In some places it will snow and the world will transform into a beautiful snowy white landscape. Ice spikes will hang from trees and off rooftops. Winter has a certain…

Top Ten Winter 2016 Anime Recommendations

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