Zen Gardens

Today, as a part of our Japan topic, we learned about Buddhism. We found out about shrines, shrine rooms and Zen Gardens.

After learning about the importance of Zen Gardens in Japan and when and why they would be used, we designed and made some miniature Zen Gardens of our own!

Here they are:

Marvellous Manga!

For three weeks, we have been working hard to plan, write, practise and create our own Manga stories.

Here are the wonderful final pieces:

Japanese Cooking: Bento Boxes

 On Thursday, we spent the afternoon creating some delicious Japanese cuisine! We learned about the trend for kyaraben (cartoon bento boxes) and oekakiben (picture bento boxes) in Japan. As it isn't always easy to persuade children to eat healthy food, many Japanese parents have started to create tasty artwork for their children's lunches!

Source: pinterest

 

We loved looking at these pictures, but it was much more fun to design and make our own cartoon or picture bento boxes! Using lots of healthy ingredients, we created these fabulous designs:

Did your bento box taste as good as it looked?!