Mei-sama’s elementary school normally requires students to bring their own bento, but after parents voiced their wish for the children to be able to experience school lunch, a one-day school lunch event was arranged. The lunch menu for that day was curry and fruit jelly, both containing animal-based ingredients. The teacher, who knew well that Mei-sama follows a vegan diet, kindly allowed her to bring her own bento even on the school lunch day. To ensure that Mei-sama would not feel left out while all her friends were eating curry and fruit jelly, Mami-okusama prepared the curry-style bento and apple jelly shown in the photo. Although not pictured, she also prepared miso soup for her. When Mei-sama came home, she was overjoyed! With a big smile, she exclaimed, “Hello Kitty was so cute! Everything was absolutely delicious!” This story of the “taste of love”—a reflection of Mami-okusama’s deep care for Mei-sama—truly touched me as well🥹 Just as Masaaki-sama shared in his Sacred Word at the Beginning of Spring Service, let us, too, through our practice of the vegan diet as a part of our faith, savor the many “tastes” it offers—from responding to the will of Meishu-sama to experiencing the love of family! 【Bento Menu】＊30 percent polished rice cooked in a clay pot (200g) Hello Kitty’s face and hands were shaped from the rice, with the remaining rice spread across the bottom of the bento box. Her ribbon was made from a piece of salt-boiled carrot, the eyes and whiskers from nori, and the nose from simmered pumpkin. ＊Miso soup ＊Curry-style simmered vegetablesThis dish was made without curry powder, with vegetables gently simmered in kombu broth and miso for a warm, comforting flavor.Steamed carrots, daikon, and pumpkin were used.Homemade pickled daikon leaves, a gift from one of the members, and flower-shaped pieces of daikon, pumpkin, and carrot, were added as garnish. ＊Carrot and sweet potato oyaki (Japanese stuffed dumplings) ＊Rapeseed blossom with sesame ponzu dressing ＊Apple jelly (with apple decorations) 🍎Apple pieces were shaped into Hello Kitty and heart designs. Let’s follow the example of the “taste of love”! Mami-okusama’s super cute bento, no. 29Likes, 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.”