The little chicks working so hard to build the snowman are “Pi-chans.”The three sisters who are always with Pochacco, who we introduced in the Valentine ♡ Pochacco bento, are apparently called Pi-chans! The other day, when snow had fallen and piled up in Atami, Masaaki-sama and Mami-okusama’s eldest daughter Mei-sama, second daughter Miyu-sama, and eldest son Mikoto-sama had a blast building snowmen and playing in the snow. The sight of them was so adorable that Mami-okusama captured the whole cheerful moment in a bento box, filling it to the brim. “Mama, the bento was so cute! ♡”That’s what the children said as they came home beaming with smiles.Their friends were full of praise too, saying, “It’s so cute!” When you open the lid, the joy of that snowy day comes vividly back to life. It simply fills the heart with warmth! 【Bento Menu】＊30 percent polished rice cooked in a clay pot (200g) 🍚After making the snowman, small round rice balls were placed around the snowman to represent snow, and the remaining rice was layered at the bottom of the bento box.The snowman’s eyes and mouth were made from nori seaweed, the cheeks from the paste of homemade pickled plums matured for three years, the buttons from salt-boiled carrots, and the hat was shaped from simmered pumpkin. ✦ The little chicks, Pi-chans 🐥Steamed sweet potato was mashed into a paste and shaped into the little chicks.Their eyes were made from black sesame seeds, their hairs and tiny feet were made from hijiki seaweed, and the beaks were made from simmered pumpkin. ✦ Chinese cabbage, carrot, and wood ear mushroom in ankake (a thick, savory sauce) 🥕Sprinkled with freshly roasted ground black sesame seeds. ✦ Komatsuna dressed with ponzu 🥬Sprinkled with freshly roasted ground golden sesame seeds. ✦ Hearts 💛The warm, joyful feeling of the Pi-chans celebrating their finished snowman was expressed with hearts made from salt-boiled carrots. Even in the snow, our hearts are warm and cozy!Mami-okusama’s super cute vegan bento, no. 26Likes, 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 entirely from 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.”