Recently, Mei-sama, the eldest daughter of Masaaki-sama and Mami-okusama, was preparing to play the role of a crayon character in an English play at her elementary school. The day before the performance, Mami-okusama had an idea: she would make a bento featuring the character Mei-sama would be playing to show her support and say, “Good luck tomorrow! We’re all cheering for you!” What a wonderful idea! And the result was the bento pictured here. Mei-sama was surprised to see a bento featuring the very character she was playing, and was absolutely delighted by how adorable it was. We are told that on the day of the play, she performed with confidence, fully showing the results of her practice. With the added power of Mami-okusama’s bento, it must have been a wonderful performance (I wish I could have seen it in person too!). 【Bento Menu】＊30 percent polished rice cooked in a clay pot (250g) 🍚Layered at the bottom of the bento box, with finely torn nori pressed on top. ＊Crayon-chan designCarrots were used for the body, arms, and legs, while nori was used for the sunglasses and mouth. ＊Simmered wheat gluten (kuruma-fu)Shaped to resemble a straw hat and skirt.Lines were added to the straw hat using wakame seaweed. ＊ Simmered daikon leafFinished by sprinkling freshly toasted and ground sesame seeds on top. ＊Other decorationsThe airplane was made using salt-boiled daikon and carrots, and wakame. The clouds were shaped from salt-boiled daikon, and the stars and carry-on bag were made from salt-boiled pumpkin. Small pieces of nori were added to the carry-on bag to resemble stickers. Cheering on Mei-sama with a bento! Mami-okusama’s super cute vegan bento, no. 27Likes, saves, and shares are most welcome✨***About Mami-okusama (Mami Okada)Mami-okusama was born in Aichi Prefecture and was raised in a farming household. Also known as Japan’s Vegan Beauty, she is the wife of and Aide to Masaaki-sama (Masaaki Okada), World Church of Messiah’s Representative of Kyoshu. She is a vegan recipe developer focusing on the Japanese vegan diet. She is the first to establish the “vegan deco ben” (vegan decorative bento) and “vegan kyara ben” (vegan character bento) genres. Not only are they beautiful to the eye, these bento are created entirelyfrom plant-based ingredients, in line with what Masaaki-sama teaches on the truth of food, that seasonal and local eating rooted in the climate and terrain of Japan is the most beneficial for health and well-being, that is, to eat what grows in one’s local region. Through these and also through the creation of her many original recipes, she seeks to spread the Christian vegan diet—the true healthy diet. She graduated from University of Tsukuba. During her studies there, 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-sama, the great-grandson of the founder of World Church of Messiah, Meishu-sama (Mokichi Okada 1882–1955), and the representative and successor of Kyoshu-sama. On May 24, 2026, on the day of Pentecost, she assumed the position of Aide to the Representative of Kyoshu. Currently, while raising three children, she is working tirelessly unlike anyone else in the practice and spread of the Christian vegan diet as taught in Masaaki-sama’s revolutionary message: “Jesus Christ was the last and ultimate sacrifice—so it is no longer necessary to eat a diet that comes with the suffering of animals.”