Food models were created when the use of menus wasn't commonplace in Japan. Today, tourists flock to stores so they can bring them back as souvenirs.
, a professor of History at Pomona College with expertise in Japanese and Pacific Rim cuisines, said the culinary history of sampuru has three different origin theories.
A tempura food model details everything to expect on a plate, including a lemon wedge and mung bean sprouts.“One theory is that they originated in Kyoto in 1917, and they were invented by a man named Soujiro Nishio,” Yamashita explained, adding that the craftsman had been an employee of the Shimazu Corporation, a manufacturer that made plant models.DigiPub / Getty Images
Nishio is said to have made the first food models in November 1917 and eventually formed Nishio Production Company, which made the first food models. According to legend, it wasn’t until a department store in Okayama solicited Nishio for food replicas that the models truly took off., the first Japanese department store to have a cafeteria featuring the waxy delights.
Known today as the “father of the fake food model industry,” Iwasaki’s company — formerly the Iwasaki Group, now known as
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