A lunchbox song to sing with kids. A bento song that makes school lunch more fun.
Kids love bento lunches!
Watching them open the lunchbox lid with sparkling eyes and happily eat with big smiles is just so cute.
Bento lunches are perfect for food education—they boost interest in food and make mealtime more fun for kids!
They can also be a great way to deepen parent–child communication.
So this time, we’ve gathered songs all about the bento lunches kids adore.
There are lots of fun tunes you’ll want to play when making or eating bentos—on field trips, picnics, or everyday!
Sing together as a family and enjoy a wonderful time.
A boxed-lunch song to sing with children. Bento songs that make school lunch more fun (1–10)
Bento (Lunch)Sakushi: Amano Chou / Sakkyoku: Ichinomiya Michiko
Bento lunches make your heart race with excitement—what’s inside, how colorful it is! For kids who usually have school lunches and only sometimes get a bento, that excitement is on a whole different level.
The perfect song to listen to before digging into such an exciting bento is “Obentō (Lunch).” It’s a track that lets you feel all the joys related to bento, from the thrill of opening it to the delight of eating it.
The song even includes the greetings said before and after eating, as well as the rules to follow when having your bento, so sing along and remember to follow them while you eat!
The Bento SongPinkittsu
It’s a fun song themed around lunchboxes that kids absolutely love! Pinkfong’s “The Lunchbox Song” features a bright, catchy melody that sings about colorful ingredients and what’s inside a bento.
With a focus on food education, it lets children enjoy learning about well-balanced meals like rice balls, sandwiches, and vegetables.
The lyrics are rhythmic and easy to remember, so kids will be humming along in no time.
It’s sure to make making lunch and mealtimes more fun! Parents and teachers can sing together too—enjoy a wonderful time filled with smiles.
The Bento SongUtau Kitchin
This is “The Bento Song,” which makes you want to feel grateful for the everyday scene of having a lunchbox.
It’s sung by Utau Kitchen, a singer-songwriter who became popular after posting cooking videos and songs about cooking on video sites.
Aren’t there quite a few people who can’t quite say “thank you” to the person who makes their bento and end up just complaining all the time? But the fact that a bento is there every morning is by no means a given.
Even if it’s hard to be straightforward, make sure to convey your gratitude with a proper “thank you” to the one who makes it.
This song will give you the courage to do just that.
The Bento Bus
Obentou Bus is a bento box imagined as a bus into which various menu items hop on one after another.
As the bento-box bus travels through different foods, it gets called over by each item and they board in turn.
Numbers also appear, playing on the number of items and their names, so you can enjoy a bit of counting fun.
You can even use your fingers to show the numbers and play it as a hand-action song.
It’s also recommended to sing this song while helping pack a bento!
The Lunchbox Song — Sandwich VersionSakkyoku: Komori Akihiro
The song “Obentō-bako no Uta,” which famously sings about packing rice balls and lotus root, now has a modern version! Instead of rice balls, this one focuses on sandwiches as the main feature of the lunch box.
“Obentō-bako no Uta – Sandwich Version” transforms the traditional Japanese-style bento into a Western-style one.
Naturally, other items also change to things that go well with sandwiches, like ham and bacon.
The number-play element remains just as before! If your household prefers sandwiches over rice balls, be sure to try singing this version!
Delicious! BentoET-KING
ET-KING’s “Umai! Obento” stirs up gratitude for dads, moms, grandpas, and grandmas who make bento lunches or work hard to buy the ingredients.
It’s included on their 2008 album SOUL LAUNDRY.
From bentos packed with favorites and not-so-favorites, to sneaking an early lunch because you can’t wait—various little dramas around bento are portrayed.
In the end, the song also turns our attention to children around the world suffering from food shortages, which makes us feel even more thankful for being able to eat a bento now.
It’s a song that lets you fully feel appreciation for bento.
The Bento Box Song (Let Me Go)Gō Hiroshi & Tomomi
A rock version of “Obentōbako no Uta,” the song where you pack a bento starting with an onigiri as the base.
It’s performed by the male–female duo Hiroshi Go & Tomomi, who drew attention after appearing on the 2011 comedy show “Arabikidan.” They released this “Obentōbako no Uta” as their major-label debut single in 2015.
While the lyrics are slightly rearranged, they’re basically the same.
Kids who love cool-sounding music might prefer this version.
Once you can sing it, try the sandwich version to this melody too!