Japanese Mothers and Obentos

1. Why?

1.1. Food should first look good, look appealing

1.2. Container as important as food inside

1.3. Transforms food from messy to natural

2. School

2.1. Purpose is to shape children

2.1.1. Obentos help accomplish this

2.2. Obedient teachers equals obedience to the state

2.3. Obentos makes a child feel comfortable

2.3.1. Shows committed mothers

2.4. Obentos stop after first grade

3. Obentos

3.1. Japanese student's lunchboxes

3.1.1. Takes a lot of time for mother to prepare

3.1.1.1. Distinct and precise

3.2. State uses them to control mothers

3.2.1. Raise excellent Japanese citizens

4. Power

4.1. Symbols of Culture and the ways people live their lives

4.2. State institutions that breed children to be and act a certain way