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.
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Bento songs to sing with children: Lunchbox songs that make school lunches more fun (11–20)
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.
bento sausagesHanada Yuuichirou, Nagata Maya
This is a fun, humor-filled song told from the perspective of a pair of twin sausages in a lunchbox for a school outing.
It charmingly depicts the sausages anxiously waiting to see whether they’ll be chosen to go into the bento along with the other side dishes.
Broadcast as NHK’s “Okaasan to Issho” Song of the Month for January 2024, it became a big hit among children.
The bright vocals of Yuichiro Hanada and Maya Nagata, paired with the tango-style, rhythmic tune, make bento-making time enjoyable.
Singing it together with your child can also spark their interest in food.
Sora is a bento.Taniguchi Kunihiro
This is a fun hand-play song with a lunchbox theme that kids love.
Composed by Kunihiro Taniguchi with lyrics by Kazuo Shimamoto, the song has a wonderfully unique idea of imagining the sky as a lunchbox! Its light rhythm and friendly lyrics help expand children’s imagination.
It’s included on the album “Tanizō Dacho—Super Hand Play,” released in February 2020, and is perfect for activities at nurseries and kindergartens.
It’s recommended for times when you want to boost excitement—like when eating lunch or the day before a field trip.
Sing it together with parents or teachers, and it’s sure to bring lots of smiles!
Song ‘Mom’s Bento’
To everyone doing their best to make lunchboxes for their children, we’d like to introduce the song “Mama’s Bento”! This song expresses the feelings of children in kindergarten and nursery school toward the person who makes their lunch.
Even those little ones who couldn’t let go of Mom and cried at drop-off are finally graduating.
Through many events, they’ve connected with friends and teachers and grown so much stronger.
Life at the preschool will be remembered together with the memory of the delicious lunches lovingly made at home.
Song of the Lunchbox — A Letter to YouHanzaki Yoshiko
From a mother’s perspective as she prepares a lunchbox, Miyako Hanzaki’s “Obentobako no Uta: A Letter to You” is a song that took over a year to create for broadcast on Minna no Uta.
The lyrics resonate with everyone who makes lunch for a child, expressing the joy when the lunch comes back completely eaten, the worry when some is left behind, and the sadness at the thought that one day it may no longer be needed.
It’s also recommended to listen to it together with your child as a gentle way to say, “This is how I feel when I make your lunch every day.”