Company: Iwasaki Co., Ltd.
Release: 2024
Size: +/- 4cm
Main distribution: Japan
This is a hyper-realistic food replica onigiri magnet created by Iwasaki Co., Ltd.
This realistic food replica magnet takes the form of an onigiri and is created by the highly skilled production team at Iwasaki Co., Ltd.
The impressive skill and rigorous care involved in creating the food replica can be seen in the attention to detail in the formation of each grain of rice and the convincing quality of the sheet of seaweed sticking to the body of rice. The back holds a magnet.
I went to an exhibition on Japan’s Food Replica culture, called Looks Delicious! in London in the Japan House. It was very cool to explore shokuhin sanpuru, the unexpectedly realistic food replicas displayed in front of restaurants across Japan.
It offered a rare opportunity outside Japan to see these skilfully-created models up close, showing the history, materials, processes and future potential of the craft. Each of Japan’s 47 prefectures is represented with a food replica specially commissioned from the world-leading manufacturer Iwasaki Group.
Afterwards, I had to have a little souvenir so I bought the Onigiri magnet. It looks so good and realistic! It was a bit expensive though for what it was, but the quality makes up for it. I wish I could have gotten more.
If you like miniature or realistic food replica’s, these are super nice. Keep in mind they are quite expensive.
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