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Super cute new bento accessories from Japan

by modes4u May 17, 2014

Just in time for picnic season we got lots of kawaii new bento accessories by the Japanese manufacturer Torune. We have lots of new food cutters, food picks, bento cups, cutlery sets, but also useful kitchen helpers like silicone brushes, spatulas, graters, measuring spoons etc. A lot of the items come in cute cases, so that they are perfect for taking away, traveling or school.

pink rabbit plate bento dish kids plate food tray

kawaii cat ladybug spoon cutlery from Japan

blue giraffe bento picnic mat picnic blanket

panda bear stripe Bento Cutlery Set from Japan

small triangular Onigiri Omusubi rice ball lunch bag

bear and rabbit plate bento dish kids plate

sheep silicone baking spatula from Japan

toadstool mushroom silicone brush pastry brush basting brush

Wow animal bento measuring spoon set ring 4pcs Japan

cute house grater box for the kitchen from Japan

animal faces bento box rice balls wrapping papers

kawaii towel with bee box set from Japan

cup carousel food picks storage box Bento Box Lunch Box

Magic Football Soccer ball Bento Onigiri shaper rice mold

bear tower Bento sandwich food cutters

heart cookie ribbon Bento sandwich food cutters

green foldable bear silicone mat coaster from Japan

funny fruit Baran divider sheets for Bento Box Lunch Box

dog cat food picks forks for Bento Box Lunch Box

May 17, 2014 1 comment

Everything for picnic time

by modes4u April 22, 2014

It’s spring, so grab your food and enjoy it outside in the park. We have everything for a perfect picnic experience, from picnic blankets, bento boxes, thermo bottles, plastic cups, cutlery to other useful accessories like wrapping papers or straps.

green panda bear bento picnic mat picnic blanket

yellow Decole cat with apple Bento Box Lunch Box

cute Sumikkogurashi shy animals Bento Box lunch box

cute pink deer apple Rilakkuma bear Bento Box lunch box

turquoise stars thermo bottle from Japan

kawaii Otogicco Little Red Riding Hood wolf plastic cup

kawaii bear bird spoon cutlery from Japan

green Decole chopsticks bear banana

deer Rilakkuma bear apple Bento Cutlery Set

kawaii Rilakkuma white bear fork cutlery by San-X

deer Rilakkuma brown bear flower apple costume towel San-X

bento food disposable paper bento box sandwich box

panda rabbit hamster bento box rice balls wrapping papers

silicone band bento box set rabbit bear cloverleaf flower

April 22, 2014 0 comment

Make Valentine’s Day Bentos

by modes4u February 10, 2014

If you want to surprise your loved ones with a little Valentine’s Day treat make a cute Valentine’s Day Bento. We found some really cute Valentine’s Day Bentos on several blogs that might inspire you. They look super adorable and are a great way to express your love. For most of them you just need a heart-shaped food cutter, cookie cutter or rice ball shaper. Heart-shaped bento cups are also a good start.

A kawaii heart-shaped bento lunch found on the blog Wendolonia

Cute Valentine’s Day bento seen on bentolunch.net

Super cute heart-shaped Onigiri spotted on the blog Lunch in a Box

These Valentine’s Day pancakes from Living Locurto are super easy to make

heart food picks forks for Bento Box Lunch Box

rabbit heart message plastic stencils for food

panda bear heart flower Bento Onigiri shaper rice ball mold

bear heart house tree Bento twin food cutters

Rilakkuma bear picnic bento lunch box heart paper cups

February 10, 2014 0 comment

Tons of new bento accessories

by modes4u December 29, 2013

You can start cooking, cutting and decorating like a Japanese bento professional, because we now have all the supplies you might need for your perfect bento box. We added tons of new bento products from the Japanese manufacturer Torune to our shop and now have a variety that even amazes ourselves: food cutters, face cutters, sausage cutters, sausage stamps, sauce containers, spice containers, food picks, flag picks, Baran divider sheets, cups, Onigiri shaper, sandwich cutters…. and we could go on and on. It’s totally worth checking out our bento accessories section right now.

animal faces food picks and bento food cutters

bento food food picks for Bento Box Lunch Box shrimp egg

bears dogs Baran divider sheets for Bento Box Lunch Box

rabbit cherry Baran divider sheets for Bento Box Lunch Box

cloverleaf ladybug bento lunch box heart paper cups

cute boy girl fruit Bento Onigiri shaper rice ball mold

kawaii chick sauce spices container for Bento Box

tomato egg ketchup mayonnaise sauce containers Bento Box

3 kawaii duck mini sauce containers for Bento Box

rabbit tortoise bento sausage cutter sausage stamp

bear and car bowls Bento cups rice shaper

vegetable bean orange cherry silicone bowls Bento cups

rabbit bear elephant Bento Onigiri shaper rice ball mold

animal face Bento sandwich food cutters

panda bear rabbit frog Wow Bento food cutters

December 29, 2013 0 comment

Christmas gift ideas by Rilakkuma and Burton

by modes4u December 2, 2013

Time for a man’s opinion. Today our warehouse expert Burton thinks of some Christmas present suggestions. He has a little help from our big Rilakkuma mascot of course.

Rilakkuma and Burton have some Christmas gift suggestions for you

1. Plugys

It’a always fun to decorate and individualize your phone. The cute mobile phone plugys are just plugged into your earphone jack. They look super cute and also protect the earphone jack from dust and moisture.

brown owl mobile phone plugy earphone jack accessory

2. Bento Sets

If you’re looking for a big Christmas present, you can compose a whole bento set. Either you pick one which is already sold as a set or you combine all the parts yourself. A bento box, a lunch bag and some chopsticks should definitely be included, but you can add as many things as you want: bento towels, cutlery, food picks, sauce containers, cups, dividers and more.

big Rilakkuma bear egg Bento Set Lunch Box + bag San-X

3. Eraser Sets

The wonderfully detailed erasers by Japanese manufacturer Iwako are always a nice little present or add-on. But there are also many cool Iwako eraser sets, which always follow a special theme and consist of several pieces.

Iwako erasers Sushi Japan 6 pieces set

4. Sumikkogurashi items

The kawaii shy Sumikkogurashi animals, who love to hide in the corner, are one of San-X’ newer characters. We carry lots of stationery items, bento items and plush toys with the cute bears, penguins, cats, cutlets and all the other members of the Sumikkogurashi family.

blue Sumikkogurash bear cat Post-it sticky notes book

5. Tape Dispensers

Almost everybody has a tape dispenser at home. But are they as cute as the tape dispensers from our shop?

black bear deco tape dispenser cutter Decole

6. Popin’ Cookin’ DIY candy

These DIY sets are awesome Christmas gifts. Popin’ Cookin’ sets are edible DIY candies in funny shapes, that you can easily make yourself by adding water to the ingredients of the package.

Popin’ Cookin’ DIY candy kit Bento Box by Kracie

December 2, 2013 0 comment

Our favourite product of the week: Rilakkuma Egg Bento Set

by modes4u May 4, 2013

With this set your lunch becomes the most delicious meal of the day. We now carry a super cute and quite elaborate bento set from the “Rilakkuma Egg Kitchen” collection. It is our favourite product of the week. The set consists of a cool plaid lunch bag with two little bento boxes for side dishes and one insulated box for rice, pasta etc. A little fork is included in an extra case too. Your lunch can stay hot up to 6 hours in the insulated bag and it’s really comfortable to carry around. Plus the Rilakkuma design is very kawaii.

Wouldn’t that be a great gift for Mother’s Day?

big Rilakkuma bear egg Bento Set Lunch Box + bag San-X

May 4, 2013 0 comment

Sunshine City in Tokyo Part 1: Bento accessories

by modes4u March 13, 2013

During our last business trips to Japan we also visited Sunshine City. The super big complex is Tokyo’s first city within the city and contains lots of shops, restaurants, an aquarium, planetarium, museum, indoor theme park, a hotel and offices.

We were interested in looking at the shops to find kawaii products and were super impressed. It was a shopping paradise! We took so many pictures of all the things that we decided to split them up into different themed blog posts, so that you can see all of them. Today we’ll start with bentos and kitchen accessories. It’s so amazing how much super cute stuff they have there: thousands of chopsticks, bento boxes and all the bento accessories you could imagine.

Sunshine City – a shopping paradise if you like kawaii things

So many chopsticks, which ones to choose?

The most adorable bunny pot ever!

The bentos inside these boxes are fake and just to display the box, but they look super yummy

Many shelves filled with food picks

Lots of special accessories to embellish food

Very kawaii fairy tale bento boxes

Cute food cutters and other bento accessories

March 13, 2013 0 comment

Day 3 in Japan – Part 3

by modes4u April 18, 2010

After Kiddy Land, we decided to go to Shibuya for dinner. We arrived at Shibuya station and wanted to see the famous Hachiko statue first. Hachiko is a dog and the story became famous in Western countries because of the movie with Richard Gere “Hachiko – A dog’s story“. It was great seeing the statue in person.

Alan and Hachiko the dog

After that we went to the most famous crossway in Tokyo which is just HUGE! There are so many people crossing the street at once, it is just amazing to stand there in the middle of the crowd and watching them.

famous crossway in Shibuya, Tokyo

Shibuya has lots of restaurants, it was hard to choose one

many restaurants present their dishes in front of the restaurant, the dishes are made in plastic

to order those noodles, you need to choose your meal in front of the restaurant at the vending machine and pay right there. Then you go inside and get your order. Apparently Wentworth Miller from Prison Break visited this place before as his picture eating their noodles hang in the window display.

while looking for dinner we saw my favorite car, a white Lamborghini 🙂

we chose a cozy Japanese restaurant serving different BBQ dishes

After dinner, we had to go to LOFT, which I heard a lot of before and was nearby anyway. LOFT is a huge shop, total 7 floors, with lots and lots of stationery and anything else you can imagine related to office, school, hobby, toys, home and more. We took lots of pictures inside, have a look: