In Japan, every school kid of a certain age wants a cute lunch. Kyaraben are bento shaped like popular cartoon characters.

Hello Kitty kyaraben are amongst the easiest to make because she has a simple and recognizable shape. All you need is a hello kitty rice ball mold and some creativity.







Faceless Hello Kitty. This is appropriate. One of the reasons Hello Kitty is popular is that she has no mouth.





Hello Kitty Kamaboko (Japanese processed seafood dumplings).



A Hello Kitty sandwich.



Furikake (Japanese mixture of dried and ground fish) stencils.





A hello kitty cake.

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