COMBO-JAPAN-FOOD-CULTURE-OFFBEAT

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on August 17, 2022 shows plastic food samples in preparation for an exhibition hosted by Japan’s Iwasaki Group in Tokyo. – From the “leaning tower of pizza” to a fish slicing and cooking itself and a dragon emerging from a dragon fruit, Japanese artisans’ quirky plastic food sculptures went on display this week at an exhibition in Tokyo. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) / TO GO WITH Japan-food-culture-offbeat,FOCUS by Hiroshi HIYAMA