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At Japan House humanity has arrived at the perfect future: food for ogling, not eating

26 October 2024

9:00 AM

26 October 2024

9:00 AM

Looks Delicious! Exploring Japan’s food replica culture

Japan House, until 16 February 2025

There is a popular Japanese television show that features a segment called ‘Candy Or Not Candy?’. Contestants are presented with objects and must guess if they’re edible or not. Is that a dish sponge – or a steamed sponge cake? I might not consider afternoon tea to be art, but the confectionery artifice required to dupe contestants into mistaking the replica for reality is impressive – or at least entertaining.

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