This Japanese Candy Artist Will Inspire More Than Just Your Taste Buds

By Jack Day

Art comes in many forms, like food for instance.  Sometimes it is meant to be beautiful, sometimes it is not.  But then there is the gray area like Japanese artist 26 year-old Shinri Tezuka dabbles in.  His creations are part of a tradition that dates back to the 8th century and are not exactly the easiest of things to make.  Check out some of his masterpieces that he sells for around $8-17 USD in his shop ‘Ameshin’ he opened in 2013.

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