The worlds of food and art collide with the free exhibit, “Looks Delicious!” at Japan House in Hollywood, which runs through Jan. 25, 2026. In Japan, the practice of shokuhin sampuru (or “sample foods ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. At the 49-year-old Little Tokyo restaurant Kouraku, potential diners can peruse a glass case lined with fake foods ...

OSAKA -- An 80-year-old man living in Osaka creates incredibly realistic "fake food" using washi traditional Japanese paper.

Faux Sweets, the Los Angeles-based handcrafted food-replica brand founded by Japanese American artist Mae Hirota, is launching its Japanese-style food-replica workshop series, hosted at the newly ...

Japanese people like to say that they “eat with their eyes,” relishing the colors, shapes, and textures of a dish before it ever hits the tongue. The phrase applies all the more when the dish in ...