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There's a reason why love is the secret ingredient to any dish. Love gives inspiration, beauty, and a good feeling to every meal that it's in. And there's probably no better example of that than this Japanese wife who makes bento lunchboxes for her husband almost every day.

Mika Matsuura from Hiroshima, Japan, makes bento boxes and other creative dishes for her husband, who is in charge of a local factory. She draws inspiration from her husband's favorite TV shows, manga, movies, and musicians, and transforms them into a neat little dish. It's hard to know for sure, but it's very possible that lunchtime is her husband's favorite time of the day.

The artist told Bored Panda about her daily routine. “I wake up at 7 am to prepare my husband's bento and finish at 8 am. I always leave the ingredients prepared the night before so I can do it in about 50 minutes in the morning. I mainly do things that take time, like drawing pictures on oblates. Of course, the time it takes depends on the lunchbox.”

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    Aurelia!
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How does she get the seaweed or kelp or whatever it is so thin!?

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    RoseTheMad
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that's meant to be John Lennon, not Harry Potter...

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    Sharaban Roza
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I KNOW WHO THIS IS!!! THIS IS HARRY POTTER IF VOLDEMORT (Hermione and Ron *GASP!!*) HAD KILLED NEVILLES PARENTS!!! I am a genius!

    Kira K.
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't decide whether it's Lennon or Potter... Going with Lennon; I see no scar

    impostor
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    harry potter, where are you?

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    Snailssssssss !!!
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the little ' Chapter Two ' on top of Pennywise's face

    X
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man I ain't eatin that it do be givin me da creeps

    ViFi
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would love opening my lunch box to see that

    bon bon (still purple boi)
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG SUMONE SMUSHES PENNYWISE YAY but they coulda made da lunch box look like a goergie boat

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    Maddilyn Alcorn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nooooo the kitten!!!!😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    Jackson Floof
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I WAS ABOUT TO SAY MEDUSA MY BRAINNNNNNNNNN ISSSSSSSSSSS DEADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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    Zedrapazia
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Awwww, it's like an Asian cover of the original drawing, so adorable <3

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    Proper Panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    where oh where to hide the body...

    birdie asf
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    on a side note that food looks GOOD

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    birdie asf
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    kinda reminds me of the matchmaker from mulan-

    BlackestDawn
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nah, too wide for it (crosssection cut). Pretty sure it's salmon with some glaze or marinade.

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    impostor
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that's just not right...

    cookie panda
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they have those masks in acnh two... it dosn't fit the style so its just rlly creepy

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    kathleen jergins
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not only is she talented in art, but in cooking as well! 10/10 Would eat!!!

    AlmightyOne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never eaten an octopus before... I wonder what the tentacles taste like?

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    Sharaban Roza
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    CREATIVE OVERLOOOOOOOAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Zhang Vivian
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How do they get the character to look so detailed?? 🤔

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    birdie asf
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that woman's face will be in my nightmares now especially from the last one she was in

    Sharaban Roza
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nephew: Aunt Mary! Aunt Mary! Where are you? aunt: Ayyyyyyye nephew: Oh, there you are...

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Well, Clarice… have the lambs stopped screaming?"

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    HAAAAAHAAA WHY DOSE THAT ONLY HAVE ONE UPDOOT

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    Snailssssssss !!!
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This woman is very talented !! Look at all that detail. I think it's seaweed, though I'm not sure.

    Dynein
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In some of the pictures you can see light glinting off some foil-like stuff... I guess she draws on that, places it carefully over the rice and adds cut-out seaweed on top. Would explain how she achieves some of the colors and shading that were confusing me.

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    impostor
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    no. just no.

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    𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕪𝔹𝕖𝕖
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once opened the door to my brothers room real quietly and yelled "HERE'S JENNY" needless to say I scared him senseless😈😈😈

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    It's a kid in a cat costume s riding a duck. He's angry for no reason so I think it's riding into battle!

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    what am i looking at here. a... person?

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    I'm assuming it's a lazy human formation of Doraemon?...:p

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    Why did I automatically think about when that guy yelled "Get that blaster outta my face Mando!" from the Mandolorian?

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    For those of you wondering where this was referred from, it's from the painting by Katsushika Hokusai - The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife

    AlmightyOne
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is this a reference to? Am I missing something?

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A lie detector!! (The Mouth of Truth)

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This drawing is more 3D vs the majority of them being thin & see through. Looks like an edible cookie vs decoration.

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It looks like Squirtle and a hamster had a child.

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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like a combo of Keanu reeves & Anthony Keidis.

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    4 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    voice actor of Witch of the Waste (Akihiro Miwa)! and that's a man

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    impostor
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ok, there were a lot of photos here, I"m glad I made it to the end.

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    yeah! updoot above comment to get your "i made it to the end thank gosh" trophy

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    𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕪𝔹𝕖𝕖
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    for a second I thought that was little Justin Bieber with....the Justin Bieber haircut

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    when u run out of black ink but ur not done yet

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    All are wonderful and amazing works of art.

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