
Jūbako (重箱; lit. "tiered boxes") are tiered boxes used to hold and present food in Japan.[1] The boxes are often used to holdosechi, foods traditional to theJapanese New Year,[2] or to hold takeaway lunches, orbento.
Asagejū (提重, lit. "portablejūbako") orsagejūbako (提げ重箱), is a picnic set ofjūbako in a carrier with handle.[3]
There is alsojikirō (食籠, lit. "food basket"), a kind of chinese styled bowl,[4] some stackable likejūbako.[5]