Bento (å¼å½“ bentÅ) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento holds rice, fish or meat, with pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container.
Lunch is a midday meal of varying size depending on the culture. Since lunch typically falls in the early-middle of the working day, it can either be eaten on a break from work, or as part of the workday.
Books Kinokuniya (紀伊國屋書店 Kinokuniya Shoten) is a Japanese bookstore chain operated by Kinokuniya Company Ltd. (æ ªå¼ä¼šç¤¾ç´€ä¼Šåœ‹å±‹æ›¸åº— Kabushiki-gaisha Kinokuniya Shoten), founded in 1927, with its first store located in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Since 2000, Kinokuniya in the US has capitalised on the growing popularity of Japanese TV / anime by stocking both English- and Japanese-language books / manga, as well as other Japanese TV / anime-related paraphernalia.