I just want to squeeze you!Mami-okusama’s cute koala bento This time, Mami-okusama has shared with us a vegan deco ben featuring a smiling koala! We are absolutely charmed by the cute koala tightly hugging a ♥. Mami-okusama shared that she packed this bento with plenty of love for her children. Her children were delighted with this seasonal bento, generously filled with spring wild greens. This beautiful bento, brimming with Mami-okusama’s love, warms our hearts as well. Why don’t we follow Mami-okusama’s example and create a bento filled with love and the bounty of spring? 【Bento contents received from Mami-okusama】＊30 percent polished rice cooked in a clay pot (250g) 🍚The koala was made by grinding freshly toasted black sesame seeds and mixing them into the rice. By lightly salting the hands and shaping the rice into a rice ball, the natural sweetness of the ingredients is brought out even more. The eyes and nose were created using nori, while the cheeks are decorated with homemade pickled plums matured for three years. In its hands is a heart-shaped salt-boiled carrot ♡The remaining rice was spread generously across the bottom of the bento box. ＊Miso soupIn addition to seasonal vegetables and wild greens, I always include seaweed as well. ＊Simmered fuki (Japanese butterbur)Simmered slowly and gently in a clay pot.A delicacy carrying the fragrance of spring.It has a warm, comforting flavor that puts the heart at ease.Garnished with sansho pepper leaves (kinome) for an extra touch of spring fragrance.※Fuki must be prepared properly before cooking to remove its bitterness. Roll it on a cutting board with salt, boil it in salted water, and then soak it in water. ＊Mitsuba (Japanese wild parsley) and wakame with sesame dressingA special dish made with seasonal wild mitsuba, generously tossed with sesame and wakame and dressed with soy sauce, sake, and mirin simmered to remove the alcohol.You can savor the fragrance and flavor unique to this season.It is a favorite of the whole family.※Mitsuba must also be prepared properly before cooking to remove its bitterness. As with yomogi, boil it in salted water and then soak it in water. ＊Colorful vegan pattyMade with kikurage (wood ear mushrooms), carrot, cabbage, and garlic chives.Brown rice flour and all-purpose flour were used.A hearty, irresistible patty. ＊ Other detailsThe heart-shaped salt-boiled carrots add a charming touch. Charming koala! Mami-okusama’s super cute vegan bento, no. 46Likes, 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.”