Everyone, please take a look! This adorable and beautiful Christmas tree bento box is truly a work of art that goes above and beyond a regular character bento. Last time it was a snowman, and now this time it is a Christmas tree. Does Mami-okusama have an infinite repertoire of culinary creations!? Mami-okusama said the following: “When I wake up in the morning, my day begins with milling brown rice and soaking it in water. Eventually, the aroma of rice cooking in a clay pot gently spreads throughout the kitchen. That moment of being enveloped in that aroma is what I love most. I always feel that being able to prepare meals for Masaaki-sama and my family is the greatest happiness and it is something that I am truly grateful for.” Mami-okusama prepares beautiful meals and bento boxes for Masaaki-sama and her family with wholehearted care and attention to detail. We can only bow our heads in reverence to the preciousness of her heart. This Christmas tree bento box was also very popular with her children, and one of them was delighted when a friend who saw the bento said, “Your mom is a genius!” Mami-okusama decorated the bento box with not only a Christmas tree, but also with presents lined up under the tree. Her creativity and sense of design is indeed genius. We, members of World Church of Messiah, are so happy to be able to learn about vegan cuisine under Mami-okusama's guidance! We have received a menu of the food in the bento box from Mami-okusama once again, so we would like to share it here. 【Bento Menu】*Vegetable riceThe rice was made with komatsuna (Japanese mustard spinach) stew mixed into 30 percent polished rice. The outline of the Christmas tree was made with boiled komatsuna, and a star-shaped boiled carrot was placed on top. For the ornaments, boiled carrots, boiled daikon radish, and pickled plum were used, and for the tinsel, homemade kombu tsukudani (kelp simmered down in soy sauce) were used with freshly toasted sesame seeds scattered to represent the Christmas tree lights. The base of the tree was made using kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) skin.*Steamed kabochaThe kabocha was wrapped with nori seaweed and ribbon picks were added to make them look like small presents.*Star-shaped decorationsKabocha skin, boiled daikon radish, and boiled carrots were cut into star shapes and placed around the Christmas tree. Mami-okusama’s super cute vegan character bento No. 3Likes, 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.