When I was growing up in Tokyo in the ‘60s, we had bento day at school once a week. This meant Mother had to get up early and fix lunch for her five children. We were proud of her bento, which might ...

When I was growing up in Tokyo in the ‘60s, we had bento day at school once a week. This meant Mother had to get up early and fix lunch for her five children. We were proud of her bento, which might ...

Rice & Nori is a fast-casual restaurant located in Little Tokyo and serves a variety of sushi, onigiri and hand-rolls. They offer various fillings to choose from when building an onigiri. (Jason Pham ...

Two onigiri wrapped in nori with a side of umeboshi on a black, speckled plate. - Years/Getty Images Onigiri, or Japanese rice balls, make for a deliciously portable snack or meal, but knowing how ...

Whenever Emma Heverly visits family in Japan, she knows there’s onigiri waiting for her. After landing at the Narita International Airport as a kid, she’d await her grandparent’s arrival. With them, ...

I’ve been packing school lunches for 10 years, since my daughter started kindergarten. Early on, I found an online community of bloggers who wrote about how to create bento — the name for a ...