[food] manly bento
Jul. 20th, 2009 01:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
reikaDespite what shoujo manga has taught us, the majority of Japanese men seem to have brought up with that particular kind of Asian machismo. Men are strong. Men shouldn't cry. And more importantly, men don't cook. They have lunch cooked for them.
But it IS 2009, and there's a new generation of Japanese Man. The media has called this group the "bento danshi," the boxed-lunch men.
The source article is actually fairly fluffy, but this section below jumped at me, if only to emphasize that even when things change, some things still remain the same.
But it IS 2009, and there's a new generation of Japanese Man. The media has called this group the "bento danshi," the boxed-lunch men.
The source article is actually fairly fluffy, but this section below jumped at me, if only to emphasize that even when things change, some things still remain the same.
Gyotoku also said he has become addicted to home cooking and has developed a taste for seasoning. He pays particular attention to a book titled What Did You Eat Yesterday? —a cartoon book by Fumi Yoshinaga about the dietary life of two men living together published by Kodansha Co—and the cooking show "Taichi x Kentaro Danshi Gohan (Men’s Meals)" broadcast by TV Tokyo Corp and featuring Taichi Kokubun, 34, of the pop group Tokio, and cooking teacher Kentaro, 36.