Personify Things
“Wow! How cute this bento is!” When you see a bento box of a kindergarten kid, you may find the smiling face on the Onigiri. You can see that the hand-made bento makes the child smile by looking and tasting it. Onigiri with a smiling face also makes you smile. Kyara-ben, character-bento is an arranged bento featuring foods to look like people. Kyara-ben is just one example of personification. You can find out other personified things in Japan. For example, several TV commercials feature animals behaving like human beings. The dog behaves like a human being, makes you smile, and enjoys watching the TV commercial without being annoyed by the […]