Today I have a bento inspired by my photos from visiting Lake Biwa (not far from Kyoto). See the photo collage below.

Container: EasyLunchBoxes

Left Side: Torii – tomato sauce, lake – mashed potatoes with butterfly pea powder

Top Right: Fish – radish cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker details, aquarium rocks – Brazil nuts, slivered almonds

Bottom Right: Blueberries, slivered almonds

Inspiration photo for Lake Biwa Bento

My language partner Yuri and her husband offered to show us around their area of Lake Biwa. I had traveled to Kyoto many times but it was my first time seeing the lake. We had a wonderful time seeing their area of the world and meeting their young family (2 year old son, 6 year old daughter). Besides seeing Lake Biwa and area, other first experiences for me were visiting a tea farm to learn how to pick and make tea with a tea farmer, served lunch by a robot, and spent time at the Lake Biwa Museum (Aquarium).

Saturday July 6

• Train from Kyoto Station to Kusatsu Station
• Tea Farm Tour and Tea made by farmer
• Shirahige Shrine with Torii in Lake
• Lunch at Coco’s Family restaurant
• Michi no Eki
• Lake Biwa Museum (Aquarium)
• Yuri’s house to visit and have dinner
• Train back to Kyoto