Anthony's Bento Today
Carrots, broccoli, various hand-made onigiri, shrimp, and as a treat, an apple-flavored kon'yaku jelly.

The Japanese school year begins in April, and today was the first day for some of the new first-year kids at Anthony's preschool to have their first bento. (It's a big day for them — see “It's All About The Bento” for the story about Anthony's first bento back when he was a new student last year, and “First Bento of the New Semester” for a mid-term update.)

Anthony's mid-year class started having bentos last week, but on the occasion of the big day for his new schoolmates, I thought I'd post today's bento. It seems Fumie was inspired by a hanami bento, which has many small items, allowing for particularly easy, leisurely consumption. Of course, he ate it all up.

As always, new bentos are added to the recent bentos page (described here) as Fumie makes them. (The bento that Anthony once made for Mommy is not included, although it should be.)