Overview
Much of Japan's plastic food comes from makers born here - a craft of making a dish look better than the dish.
About this place
Food models, also known as fake foods, food figurines or "food samples" (Japanese: 食品サンプル, romanized: shokuhin sampuru), are scale models or replicas of a food item or dish made from plastic, wax, resin, or a similar inedible material. They are commonly used as mockups in restaurant display windows and shelves in Japan, although other countries like South Korea and China also use such models for similar purposes in restaurants, food booths, and food carts. Using food models allow food vendors to advertise to consumers a three-dimensional image of their products, while avoiding the need to put real food on display unattended for prolonged periods of time, which may become contaminated or spoiled or attract insects.
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Founded / opened:1930s Highlights / collection:Food models made of wax and resin Genre:Crafts and ceramics, Contemporary art
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