Character Bento: Sakura and Tsukushi (Horsetail Shoots)- Sakura Viewing Bento

1. 1

   Mix the mentsuyu sauce with the rice, wrap in plastic wrap, and shape into a nameko shape.

2. 2

   Place white rice into the plastic wrap, add in your favorite ingredients, and make a round rice ball.

3. 3

   Make the eyes, mouth, and the scale leaves (hakama) with nori seaweed.

4. 4

   Cut the ham into a sakura shape.

5. 5

   Slice the boiled broccoli stem, and cut into leaf shapes.

6. 6

   Once the rice balls have cooled, stick on all of the parts, and it is done!

7. 7

   (Stick the leaves on with uncooked spaghetti noodles.)

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.