Feast Your Eyes on Japan’s Fake Food Lifelike food replicas have long been a fixture of Japanese dining culture. Now, in an exhibition at Japan House, they are being spotlighted as art.

“You expect automated conveyor belts or robot arms..but it’s..completely #analog, from beginning to end..convey nuances of proportion & texture that QR codes & Yelp reviews cannot.”: buff.ly/NpDXs7x

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#ShokuhinSampuru #Food #replicas #japan

Feast Your Eyes on Japan’s Fake Food Lifelike food replicas have long been a fixture of Japanese dining culture. Now, in an exhibition at Japan House, they are being spotlighted as art.

“ #ShokuhinSampuru are famously helpful to non-Japanese-speaking visitors to #Japan. But a [food] replica..served as a reminder that #Japanese #cuisine varies so much by region that Japanese people, too, can require #visual assistance”: bit.ly/4s0sPgT

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Ever wondered how Japanese restaurants create those incredibly realistic food displays? It's the art of "shokuhin sampuru", or food sample crafting!

Check out this amazing display of PVC food replicas at a small restaurant.

#Japan #FoodSamples #ShokuhinSampuru #FoodArt #CulinaryCraftsmanship