What's in The Bento Commuter guide?

Four lunch essentials: a Takenaka cutlery case with stainless steel fork, knife, and spoon; a Takenaka Bento Bite Box made from recycled plastic (30 oz); a memobottle Slim water bottle (15 oz / 450ml); and square chopsticks with a quiet carrying case (195mm).

Who makes Takenaka products?

Takenaka has been making mealtime tools since 1925, when workers in Ishikawa, Japan first started carrying hand-lacquered bento boxes to work. Nearly a century later, they're still making bento boxes and utensils in Japan. Their products have been named best-in-class by NYT Wirecutter and they've collaborated with KonMari, Poketo, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Is the bento box microwave safe?

Yes. The Takenaka Bento Bite Box is microwave safe, airtight with a secure seal, and made from 100% recycled PET plastic. Each box keeps five plastic bottles out of the waste stream.

Will the memobottle fit in a laptop bag?

Yes. The memobottle Slim is specifically designed with a flat profile (265 x 80 x 30mm) to slide into narrow side pockets and laptop bags where round bottles won't fit. It holds 15 oz / 450ml and weighs only 4.2 ounces.

Takenaka Bento Bite Box — 30 oz, made from recycled PET plastic, made in Japan

Takenaka Cutlery Case — stainless steel fork, knife, and spoon in airtight case

Square Chopsticks with Case — 195mm, minimalist design

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Sad Desk Lunch Intervention

The lunch kit for people who decided to stop eating sad desk salads out of a plastic bag. A bento box made from recycled plastic by a company that’s been doing this since 1925, real stainless steel cutlery in an airtight case, a water bottle that actually fits in your bag, and chopsticks that make you the most interesting person in the break room.

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The Full Kit

Four Products. One Proper Lunch.

Takenaka Cutlery Case — stainless steel fork, knife, spoon, gasket-sealed case

Takenaka Cutlery Case | Fork, Knife & Spoon $30.80

Takenaka Bento Bite Box — 30 oz, recycled PET plastic, airtight seal

Takenaka Bento Bite Box | Recycled Plastic | 30 oz $33.80

memobottle Slim Water Bottle | 15oz / 450ml $35.00

Square Chopsticks with Case — 195mm, minimalist design, quiet carrying case

Made in Japan Square Chopsticks with Case | 195mm $17.00

Why These Four

We Tested a Lot of Lunches

Actually Fits in Your Bag

Every product in this kit was designed to travel. The memobottle is flat. The cutlery case is airtight and compact. The bento box seals tight. The chopstick case is barely bigger than a pen. Nothing rattles, nothing leaks, nothing takes up more space than it should.

Real Materials, Real Quality

Stainless steel cutlery. Recycled PET plastic. Tritan with a stainless lid. These aren’t disposable lunch accessories — they’re the ones you keep for years. Takenaka has been making this stuff for a century, and the memobottle was designed to be the last water bottle you buy. Everything is BPA-free and dishwasher safe.

The Details That Matter

The gasket seal on the cutlery case. The elastic band on the bento box. The noise-minimizing chopstick case. The flat water bottle that doesn’t roll off your desk. These are the small things that make the difference between “I brought lunch” and “I have my life together.”

A Century of Better Lunch Breaks

Takenaka has been making the tools for a proper meal since 1925, when workers in Ishikawa, Japan started carrying hand-lacquered bento boxes to work. A century of practice later, they’re still at it. The Bento Bite Box is made from 100% recycled PET — each one keeps five plastic bottles out of the waste stream — and the cutlery case holds real stainless steel flatware in a gasket-sealed case that slides into any bag without rattling. Customers have reported the cutlery is better than what they have at home, which is embarrassing for everyone except Takenaka.

The memobottle was designed by people who were tired of round water bottles not fitting anywhere. The Slim has a flat profile that slides into the narrow side pocket where your old bottle couldn’t go. Clear-like-glass Tritan plastic, stainless steel lid, hot and freezer safe. It’s a miracle it took this long for someone to make a water bottle that respects the shape of a bag.

The chopsticks are a quiet flourish. Square profile for a better grip than round, 195mm for comfortable length, and a case that keeps them from making noise in your bag. They’re the kind of thing you bring to the office lunch and suddenly everyone asks where you got them. Which is, honestly, one of the best feelings there is.

“The cutlery is better than the flatware I use at home.”

— A Takenaka Customer

1925 Takenaka Founded

4 Products, Zero Rattling

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The Stuff You Want to Know

What’s in this guide?

Four products for commuters who take lunch seriously: a Takenaka cutlery case with stainless steel fork, knife, and spoon; a Takenaka Bento Bite Box (30 oz, recycled plastic); a memobottle Slim water bottle (15 oz); and square chopsticks with a carrying case. Everything you need to never eat a sad lunch again. That’s a promise we’re willing to make.

Is everything dishwasher safe?

The memobottle and Takenaka products are all dishwasher safe. The chopsticks are best hand-washed. Everything is BPA-free. Basically, maintenance is not the thing you need to worry about here. Worry about what to pack for lunch instead. That’s the harder question.

Will the memobottle actually fit in a laptop bag?

That’s the whole point of its existence. The Slim is 265 x 80 x 30mm — flat enough to slide into the narrow side pockets that round bottles can’t touch. It holds 15 oz, weighs 4.2 ounces empty, and has a stainless steel lid that won’t leak. It was designed by people who were specifically annoyed by round water bottles, and that level of targeted frustration produced something genuinely great.

Why chopsticks AND a cutlery set?

Because some days you eat a sandwich and some days you eat ramen, and we believe in being prepared for both realities. The cutlery handles Western food; the chopsticks handle everything else. Together, they cover the full spectrum of human lunch. You’re welcome.

Your Lunch Break, Leveled Up

A bento box, chopsticks, cutlery, and a water bottle that all actually match

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