My main inquiry question had many factors in creating the question. It took a long time to complete, but answering it was a whole new thing and it involved lots of research. I had to research so much that my fingers started to hurt just to complete answering my question. I needed a lot of help with answering this question, and some of the people that helped me were Ms. Boyer and Mr. Casal. There were many other people that helped me with this question. My sources were:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_production_in_Japan
http://www.discoveritalianfood.com/italian-food-culture.html
http://www.livescience.com/44376-italian-culture.html
https://jovinacooksitalian.com/2014/11/14/geographical-influences-on-italian-cuisine/
http://www.foodbycountry.com/Germany-to-Japan/
http://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/the-geography-of-taste-how-our-food-preferences-are-formed-693898