Kihon no Obento (basic Obento) is a magazine-format book printed in high quality paper with wonderful pictures describing real japanese bento recipes. 

The recipes have step-by-step pictures so you can get a lot out of it even if you don't speak japanese and in many cases, Kihon no Obento show life-sizes photos.

With a diet and healthy-balanced food approach, you'll be able to have an insights into the kind of meals that average Japanese people would prepare as for daily bento. 

Glossy paper, large book (30 cm -11,8"- tall, 22cm-8,6"- wide). 95 pages. Published in February 2004. Printed in Japan.