'Looks good enough to eat': inside the home of Japan's fake food industry
The town of Gujo Hachiman is the centre of the replica food industry now worth an estimated $90m
by Justin McCurry in Gujo Hachiman
Mar 03, 2018
3 minutes
With a gentle swish through hot water, and some deft tearing and shaping, Kurumi Kono turns a rectangular sheet of white and green wax into what, improbably, is quickly coming to resemble an iceberg lettuce.
Kono makes it look deceptively easy. “Place it in your hands and pull out the edges like this,” she says. “Then roll the remaining wax into a ball to make a small lettuce. Place it onto your hand and, starting
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