[ABSTRAKBentō sebagai salah satu teknik menyusun makanan dalam sebuah kotak makan yang berasaldari Jepang telah mengalami banyak perkembangan seiring dengan berjalannya waktu. Fokusdari penelitian ini membahas tentang bagaimana bentō dapat menjadi ajang unjuk diri bagipara ibu di Jepang. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode pengumpulan data studi dokumen.Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menjelaskan tentang pergeseran makna bentō dan ajangunjuk diri para Ibu di Jepang. Analisa dimulai dengan sejarah sampai dengan dampak ajangunjuk diri para Ibu di Jepang. Hasil dari penelitian menemukan bahwa adanya sisi lain daribentō yang awalnya sebagai bekal makanan yang dibuat para Ibu menjadi ajang unjuk diripara Ibu di Jepang.;

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Bentō as a home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine has changed by the time. The focus

of this work is to explain how the bentō itself can be an opportunity to show off among Japanese

mothers. This work is compiled using document study method. The purpose of this work is to

explain the origin of bentō to the changing of its meaning. This work finds that there is a trends

in Japan to make bentō as an opportunity to show off among Japanese mothers.;Bentō as a home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine has changed by the time. The focusof this work is to explain how the bentō itself can be an opportunity to show off among Japanesemothers. This work is compiled using document study method. The purpose of this work is toexplain the origin of bentō to the changing of its meaning. This work finds that there is a trendsin Japan to make bentō as an opportunity to show off among Japanese mothers., Bentō as a home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine has changed by the time. The focusof this work is to explain how the bentō itself can be an opportunity to show off among Japanesemothers. This work is compiled using document study method. The purpose of this work is toexplain the origin of bentō to the changing of its meaning. This work finds that there is a trendsin Japan to make bentō as an opportunity to show off among Japanese mothers.]