There's even a style called kyaraben bento that involves crafting the food to look like ... and wrapping gifts into exquisite art forms. While the history of the bento box predates the Edo Period ...

Matsuura, 60, had one of her works, which are a cross between bento box lunches and art, featured in an ad for an art exhibition. She gives one-woman shows at a museum and elsewhere. The “Munch ...