Our "real" bento containers were purchased at the Daiso (Marukai) store in California. I know there are several of them throughout the country, but mostly on the coasts. They only offer online shopping if you buy in bulk.
The cheapest I have seen online are at allthingsforsale.com. They have others at Amazon and lots of other sites, but they're more than I'm willing to pay. I have purchased stainless steel bento containers as gifts from Lunchbots (available at Amazon).
We also have a Sassy container purchased from the baby section at Target that works very well as a bento box (I think it was about $6). Really, any container can work if it's the right size - 2" tall and about 3"x4."
HTH!
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Our "real" bento containers were purchased at the Daiso (Marukai) store in California. I know there are several of them throughout the country, but mostly on the coasts. They only offer online shopping if you buy in bulk.
The cheapest I have seen online are at allthingsforsale.com. They have others at Amazon and lots of other sites, but they're more than I'm willing to pay. I have purchased stainless steel bento containers as gifts from Lunchbots (available at Amazon).
We also have a Sassy container purchased from the baby section at Target that works very well as a bento box (I think it was about $6). Really, any container can work if it's the right size - 2" tall and about 3"x4."
HTH!
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