I have the afternoon hungries, and these photos aren’t helping. From Anna Gleeson, these wonderful images from a book she got in Tokyo.
“this is a really beautiful book i found last time i was in tokyo. photos of people with photos of their lunch. makes me want to run away to find a life in the japanese countryside where there’s enough time and presence of mind to pack a beautiful lunch like this. the text seems to be about the people in the photos.” (via)
I find these photos intriguing not only for their food content, but because I can spend time imagining what these people do for a living. The woman in the orange jumpsuit? Or the man with a stick and white hood? All of them with lunches whose sophistication far surpasses anything I scarf down at midday.
Delicious looking lunches! Wholesome and I imagine quick to prepare and pack! The essence of the bento box lunch!
Would love to see the other pages of this book.
I would love to have that book – I like to daydream as well, and can spend ages just connecting the lunches to the people who packed them…
The food looks delicious and nutritious, which is what a good bento should really be about.
What an incredibly cool book!
So glad you all like it! I only wish we could see more.