BEYOND BENTO: Rethinking Japanese bent-wood bento box

A project in Fukuoka-shi, Japan by Mikster
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Revive traditional bentwood craft of Japan. The Evolution of handmade cedar wood bento box.
Woodworking
Backers: 64
Average Pledge Per Backer: ¥30602

Funded: ¥1,958,550 of ¥560,000
Dates: Mar 15th -> Apr 29th (45 days)
Project By: Mikster
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Latest News

what? Final 50 hours already?

April 26th - via: kickstarter.com
OMG, this is the final mile of our crowdfunding.  We are all thrilled! Unlike projects that aim to reach "mass-production" goals and sell sell sell, we are genuinely working in the slow-craft world, hand-making everything in small batches.   These... (Read More)

See the details. What makes the box stackable?

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Tiered bentwood bento boxes are cut out of the same piece of wood, so the wood grain matches back into 1 piece of wood when stacked.  Depending on the heritage style of the maker's family, the detailing varies slightly.  For ShibataToku family,... (Read More)

Dimensions of Beyond Bento Box in Metric and Imperial

April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, we realized that our dimension is not too legible on Kickstarter page. We are already hearing some interesting ideas from backers on how they would like to use the box, and need dimension check.  Here is a larger image showing the dimensions.... (Read More)

ADDED Reward Tiers for 2 Boxes!

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Quite a few backers have asked about getting 2 boxes. And some wants to engrave them as anniversary, wedding presents.  What a great idea!  We have added some reward tiers for 2 boxes (also with early bird discount).  So check them out!   We... (Read More)

Our EARLY BIRD BACKERS are soooo EARLY! We updated the qty for the discounted Beyond Bento Plus set.

March 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Our 10 units of EARLY BIRD SPECIAL for the Beyond Bento+ Box are all gone by Day 3 of launch!!   It's way sooner than our expected schedule, so have added 6 more units and hope 6 more backers can enjoy the discounted price.  Last day to leverage... (Read More)

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