Rilakkuma Christmas Bento

I'm trying to squeeze in a few more Christmas bentos before Christmas. So many things to be done and so little time! I still have tons of laundry from our trip to clear but it keeps raining everyday. How frustrating! And School is going to start soon, and I've not got the boys' School supplies ready. Why did the holidays zoom by so fast? :(


Rilakkuma Christmas bento I made for the boys' dinner today. They are sharing the food. Rilakkuma is rice coloured with a bit of dark soya sauce. Korilakkuma's cape is made from crabstick.


There's fried chicken, broccoli and lotus roots in the bento. They actually had another dish of salmon for dinner, but I had yet to cook it then, as I was rushing to take the photos before the sun set. -_-


Snacks for the boys. I made simple jam sandwiches for the boys yesterday. They had it with fruits.


Ignore their proportion, I was using cutters.


Pack a dinner bento for myself too, decorated the box with picks. :) The lotus roots are purple because I cooked them with purple carrots. :P

There will be a Christmas blog hop tomorrow, please check back to see what everyone is sharing. :)

Where to find same or similar items seen in today's post:

Bento Shopping in Tokyo, Japan

First, I've to say this is not a very comprehensive guide because you can find bento stuff at lots of places in Tokyo, so it's quite impossible for me to list down all the places. I'm only listing down links for the major shops, or shops I happened to come across during my trip. I hope the list will be helpful if you are clueless about where to shop for bento stuff there.

A word of caution, this is going to be a photo intensive and long post, lol. :P


I think most people are very familiar with Tokyu Hands. They have a few branches, the one I'm showing is at Shinjuku. No time to visit the others, because I've to try to fit in bento shopping with my sight-seeing itinerary, so the shop has to be nearby the sights I'm going for that day.


I took some photos so you have an idea of what they carry there. :)


Bento tools......


More bento tools.......:)


Thermal lunch sets. :)


The ones on the right are natural colourings.


Wax paper.


Pretty thermal jars.


On to the next store, Loft.


This is the store at Yokohama. We were in that area to visit the Cup Noodles Museum.


Pretty similar stuff to Tokyu Hands, but they have some different stuff too.


More boxes.


Boxes and tools. :)


Baking stuff.

The next shops to look for are 100 yen stores. There's Daiso, Can Do, Seria, Tokutokuya and Watts. I did not get to visit Daiso though due to lack of time.


This is Can-Do at Mitaka.


This was all they have at that branch, don't bother going down there, lol. I went because we visited Ghibli Museum and was in the area.


This is the branch at Shinjuku.


Much better, lol. :)


This is Tokutokuya at Asakusa.


Nothing much there, we had no time to visit other branches.


There's some stuff at the supermarket on the first floor.


Another 100 yen I went to is Seria.


This branch is at Mitaka.


Bento stuff.


Baking stuff.


This is another Siera branch, at Asakusa.


The last 100 yen I went to was Watts.


This is the branch in Shinjuku.


Baking stuff that you can use for making bentos too.


This is Natural Kitchen. They do not have much bento stuff, but they have very nice and cheap zakka kitchen and crafts stuff. I visited the one at Mitaka and Ikspiari. I did not take any photos of the interior since there were hardly any bento items.

More bento stuff I saw at various departmental stores.


Bento stuff I saw at Takashimaya Shinjuku.


More stuff......


And more stuff......


Cute bowls. :)


Toys "R" Us at Odaiba.


Bento stuff found there.


Hello Kitty shop at Diver City.


So sweet. :)


Rilakkuma store at Tokyo SkyTree. 


Lunchboxes.


Picks and sauce containers.


Tomica Shop, also at Tokyo SkyTree.


What they carry. :)


This shop at Tokyo SkyTree carries TV characters merchandise.


Cute version of Naruto.


I don't know what cartoon is this. :P


Er, masked rider?


Moomin! :)

Lol, yeah, I know it's a long post and tiring to read, I'm tired from doing it up too. Lol, it's going to end soon, hold on. :) Last stop, Tokyo Disneyland.


They have very kawaii bento stuff there!


But prices are more costly.


Not bento stuff, but so cute I thought I'll share too. Minnie pot holders and Mr and Mrs Potato Head salt and pepper shakers.


Love the wooden Pooh spoons and forks.


The chopstick rest are so cute too.


I love all the Minnie Mouse stuff they have! :)

Just a little more information before I end the post. If you looking for characters stuff, try Character street, they have a lot of characters store clustered there. If you are looking for traditional or restaurant type of bentos, try Kappabashi (also known as Kitchen Town). They also carry lots of metal cutters.

That's all, thanks for reading and I hope the information is useful. :)