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Top 10 Geeked-out Bento Box Art

A Collection of the Top 10 greatest, nerdiest geekiest bento box lunch art scoured the Internet for your viewing pleasure.

The traditional Bento boxes lunches originated in Japan dating back to the early 1100’s. Bento’s are portable meals that are packed into compact boxes to be brought to school or work.

The compact nature of the container format required a careful placement of the food items into various landscapes and configurations for an appealing eating experience.

The Japan, there is an long standing history in its study for food as an art form , although the bento box art presented in this post doesn’t follow that discipline, it does reflect on the Japanese culture embracing the art form.

Enjoy!

	Bowser also known as King Koopa, nemesis of Mario
	Playstation PS2 Controller wrapped in Nori
	Bill Gates Eat your Favorite Microsoft OG
	Star Trek Tricorder The original Fanboy SciFi TV show Tricorder
	Windows XP Laptop Even included a trackball!
	Linux Penguin It ‘could’ be the linux penguin
	Homer Simpson The Nori spreckled rice Beard is a nice touch
	Super Mario III Our favorite mario in flying form
	Star Wars Jawa Diorama Tatooine scavengers in bento format
	Pacman Dot Eating videoGame patriarch captured in bento format

With a some creativity and artistry, you can turn your lunch time meals into a fleeting temporary art masterpieces, like sand castles and ice sculptures.

Related Links:

http://www.e-obento.com/
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kasumin_yorosiku