Hinomaru Bento is a traditional Japanese lunch box which is made of only steamed rice and a pickled plum. The red plum at the center of the white rice field symbolizes Japanese flag "The Rising Sun." It used to be a very popular menu item when Japan was not so rich after the World War II, but it is too simple to satisfy the rich Japanese people now. A few days ago we had a heavy rain caused by the typhoon and I found I had nothing to eat in my refrigerator. Unfortunately, I didn't have an umbrella either. I was hungry and what I did was boiling the rice and putting two pickled plums on it. It is almost a Hinomaru Bento, but this one is a little bit more gorgeous because there are more than one plum. What I learned was that I need an umbrella and I am lucky because I can every day eat whatever I like.
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