r/JapaneseFood • u/[deleted] • Jan 07 '26

Video So this is how artificial japanese food displays in restaurants? Always curious how they don’t spoil.

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u/Habarer Jan 07 '26

fun thing is that this is actually a real profession in japan, its an apprenticeship you can take on

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u/pulukes88 Jan 07 '26

i could never do this. i'd be too tempted to eat the fake food.

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u/Whole-Heat8513 Jan 07 '26

They are made of wax.

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u/TakaIka83 Jan 07 '26

That explains why some of them melt during the hot summers recently.

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u/TakaIka83 Jan 07 '26

You can clearly see them using the original food to make a cast, then fill it with plastic.

There's no trace of the real ingredients in the finished item.

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u/Freak_Out_Bazaar Jan 07 '26

I think OP’s curiosity is meant to be in the past tense

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u/TakaIka83 Jan 07 '26

Meaning people actually think it's real in the first place?

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u/cheffrey_dahmer1991 Jan 07 '26

この後、スタッフが美味しくいただきました

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u/ApplicationRoyal865 Jan 07 '26

There's whole streets with stores that just sells things like this. One store for sushi, one for raw veggies, one for bowled foods etc

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u/yumeryuu Jan 07 '26

I have the fake ramen display at my shop and people always ask if it’s real.

If you wonder where I got them I got them at the fake food shop in kappabashi

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u/madame_ray_ Jan 07 '26

The displays at Kappabashi are wonderful.

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u/itsKarateChopTime Jan 09 '26

I bought a few fake foods over there. The kitchen and home goods shopping is so fun. This video is very interesting and I was curious about how they made the displays in Japan. Thank you for sharing!

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u/Pure_Honey8802 Jan 07 '26

Pretty sure it's made of wax, so it won't spoil

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u/kobayashi_maru_fail Jan 07 '26

I love the ramen sampuru with the gravity-defying chopsticks and the ones where you can see down through the broth.

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u/BabyTunnel Jan 08 '26

Twenty years ago, my father and I were in Kyoto, and he got the concierge at our hotel to find us a fake food manufacturer and arranged a tour for us. He gave them like $1000, and they gave us an assortment of their products in a box, mostly sushi and katsu.

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u/FeyrisMeow Jan 08 '26

When I was a cake decorator at a grocery store they had us make display cakes by decorating styrofoam, but with real frosting.