That's silly, stupid people (no not you, but the people impressed). I'll never understand the fascination with the japanese people. Thier products, yeah. I like a lot of things that japan has created. The japanese as a whole are one of the most racist and evil race of people on the earth.
They've done some evil shit, sure. I'd do bento even if it wasn't Japanese, though, just from the art end of it. But in Japanese magazines and stuff when they write something about them, they always make a big deal about OMG SHE ISN'T JAPANESE and it's pretty funny.