Innie or Outie

This dumpling or fitter style snack, Takoyaki, is made with batter and pieces of octopus that are cooked in a special cast iron pan and covered in sauce. This version is topped with grated bonito and seaweed flakes.

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This is more of a quickie snack-type bento than the regular meal-type featured in previous photos. This one had two different flavored onigiri (rice balls) wrapped in nori (seaweed), as well as daikon (radish), deep-fried ika (squid), chicken, and white fish, and fried pork luncheon meat.

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This is basically the same meal as Bento#7, but uses a fried chicken cutlet instead of a pork cutlet.

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This convenience store version of the Japanese bento consisted of rice with grated bonito flakes, potato salad, deep-fried white fish with tartar sauce, curried potato croquette, spaghetti, nori (dried seaweed sheet), sausage, pickled veggie, and a fried pancake roll with sauce.

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There are so many choices in the bento box market on island. Here is another convenience store version. This one had rice, two types of seaweed, scrambled egg, pork, string beans, pickled ginger, rice, and mountain vegtables.

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Unlike its very popular cousin, this Japanese Peep is not made of marshmallows:

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Instead, this little birdie is a sweet pastry with a chestnut paste filling.

Here's another convenience store bento. This one had tonkatsu (fried pork cutlet), luncheon pork, potato croquette, hamburger, carrots, daikon, mackerel, rice, and root vegetable noodles.

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As the seasons' harvests change, so do the ingredients in the local bentos. Bitter melon, more commonly known as goya on island, is making a return on the local convenience store bento scene.

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Here is a convenience store version of one of the most popular dishes in the local cuisine, Tonkatsu Curry (more commonly known as katsukaree) – fried pork cutlet with curry, rice, and a pickled condiment.

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This is a convenience store version of the local bento. It had egg, luncheon pork, fish, potato croquette, potato salad, hamburger, rice, pickled squash, and fu with veggies.

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