Let me start off by saying, yay! Yes, it’s Mami-okusama’s cute vegan bento series! The bento that was shared with us this time was a bento decorated with My Melody, a Sanrio character that Masaaki-sama and Mami-okusama’s eldest daughter, Mei-sama, absolutely loves. The incredibly accurate recreation and Mami-okusama’s culinary skills and artistic sense leave me in awe! The way she expresses My Melody’s pink hood by changing the color while using the same rice as the face and body is especially impressive! 🤩 “Thank you for your hard work this semester.” To express this message, Mami-okusama made this bento for Mei-sama on the last day of her second semester of school. Mami-okusama’s warm heart, always thinking about her children, somehow made all my fatigue go away too. Mei-sama said, “This was the most delicious bento Mama has ever made for me.” She especially loves lotus root hamburger steak, and she saved it for the very end. Mei-sama is so cute, saving her favorite food for last! Mami-okusama shared the following precious words with us: “Being able to make bentos like this every day for my children—I feel this is something to be grateful for above all else, and it makes me truly happy.” A feeling of deep respect and admiration for Mami-okusama’s tireless efforts to support her family welled up within me. Mami-okusama has again graciously shared with us a menu of the food that was in the bento box, so let me share it with you here. 【Bento Menu】＊30 percent polished rice cooked in a clay pot (200g) 🍚The pink part is made by mashing homemade pickled plum matured for three years into a paste and mixing it with plum vinegar. Steamed kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) was shaped into a cherry blossom for My Melody’s ear accessory. The face was designed using nori seaweed and boiled carrots, and in her hands, she’s holding heart-shaped boiled carrots.＊Lotus root hamburger steakMade into a heart shape＊Chinese cabbage and wakame seaweed with sesame dressing (garnished with yuzu peel)＊Simmered daikon radish leavesA staple side dish of ours in the winter.＊Flower decorations 🌸Made using boiled carrots and daikon radish. Mami-okusama’s super cute vegan bento, no. 6Likes, saves, and shares are most welcome! ---About Mami-okusama (Mami Okada)She was born in Aichi Prefecture and grew up in a farming household. She is also known as “Japan’s vegan beauty.” During her studies at University of Tsukuba, she became actively involved in volunteer activities such as refugee support. She was also repeatedly asked to participate in the “Miss Tsukuba” contest and was approached by many modeling agencies, but she declined all of these offers as she wanted to focus on refugee support activities. In recognition of her efforts in refugee support, she received the “University of Tsukuba President’s Award” in 2012. She holds a license to teach English to intermediate and high school students. After graduating from university, she began working for World Church of Messiah in 2013. In 2014, she married Masaaki Okada (Masaaki-sama), the great-grandson of the founder of World Church of Messiah, Mokichi Okada (Meishu-sama 1882-1955), and the representative and successor of Kyoshu-sama. Currently, while raising three children, she is single-mindedly walking the path of God, including working more energetically unlike anyone else on the Sacred Word of the founder, “In the world of Miroku, humanity will follow a vegan diet,” which was resurrected in our day by Masaaki-sama. She currently resides in Atami City.