Weekly LALALA

My interview article was published last week on a Japanese free paper, Weekly LALALA!
It's distributed to Los Angeles, Orange County, Las Vegas, San Diego, Phoenix, San Jose, San Francisco, Texas, Denver and New Orleans.
My husband's parents asked me to translate it into English, so here you go!

Character bento is a lunch box that features food decorated to look like animals and characters from tv.

Mayumi Johnston has self-published a book of cute character bento collection "Fun Japanese Bento Styling".

She is a character bento decorator who makes fun and healthy food.

She went to UC Davis as an exchange student from Waseda University. That's when she started being interested in food she said. "UC Davis is known for agriculture and has some farms on their campus. By taking agriculture classes, I naturally became interested in what you eat"

After graduating Waseda, she moved to LA in 2008 to work for a Japanese free paper in sales.

She worked from early morning to late night every day, but what kept her energetic is bento making.

In 2012, she got a food coordinator certification in Japan. She also started attending macrobiotic diet workshops to learn about food more deeply. " The test to become a food coordinator consists of history, science and art of food as well as economics/management. I was able to learn about food in different ways."

She got married last year and has been living in Orange County.

While working at Whole Foods Market, She has been creating more character bento.

One of her recent works is for a game company. " I designed and created bento of characters of their new game. It was used for their promotion."

"Not only the visual affect of the bento but I also think about nutrient balance. By using colorful ingredients, you can get a variety of nutrients from different colors of vegetables."

Her husband inspires her in her bento making.

"It brings smile to his face. That's one of the thing I like about character bento. I would like to do workshops for local people in English to spread Japanese bento culture" 

今週号のららら、「ロサンゼルスで暮らす人々」にインタビュー記事を載せてもらいました！

はい、私らららの営業でしたよーｗらららでは4年間お世話になりました。

でも決して自分から記事掲載は頼んだわけではございません笑

インタビューの依頼があったときに、「え？本当に私でいいんですか？！」って何度も聞きましたから、、、

でもこういう形でまたらららと関わりを持つとは想像もしていませんでした。なんか嬉しい♪

フェイスブックに載せたら旦那のパパから英訳してくれと頼まれたので簡単に英訳してみました。

旦那の家族の前だといつも無口な私。完璧な英語を喋らなくてはいけないというプレッシャーを感じてなぜか喋れなくなってしまうんです（；＿；）

なのできっと、私のことをもっと知りたいって思ってくれてるんだろうなー、パパとママ。

嬉しい限りです。もっと積極的にコミュニケーションをとるように頑張らなきゃ！！