Japanese children do not "brown bag" it. They (and now my kids, too) have small plastic lunchboxes decorated with cartoon characters or other cute stuff. Of course American kids have big metal lunchboxes with cartoon characters... but the actual lunch is what's different.
I scramble every morning to throw together a peanut-butter sandwich and chips, or pasta and some sliced hotdog.
This was the gorgeous obento that one Willowbrook mom prepared when Arno and his classmates went potato digging. Note the matching fork/spoon set.
Salmon with a sliced rice ball, an omelette with condiments, a yogurt drink (the small bottle at top left) and, for the mom, the tomatoes and steak patty - while Arno was lunching on corn chips! I complimented the mom on her artistry, and she told me it wasn't up to her usual standards.
This reminded me of lunch-beautification products that I photographed in a department store.
Lunch boxes.
Tiny paper cups designed to keep one dish from touching another.
At left and center, tiny bottles for soy sauce, vinegars or salad dressing. On the right, cute skewers.
Left, sandwich cutouts. Center, a thingy that punches designs out of seaweed to decorate rice balls.
Individually wrapped "Freshful Straw - Heartful Goods" for lunchbox drinks.
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