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Twenty-seven-year-old Shinri Tezuka, a self-taught candy artist, is helping to keep the traditional Japanese craft of amezaiku (candy sculpting) alive.
Amezaiku dates back to the Edo era in the early 1600s, and involves sculpting a piece of soft candy into a desired shape before it hardens in just five minutes.
From this softened candy, Shinri makes traditional candy frogs, mice, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes and goldfish, the latter being the most popular in his shop Asakusa Amezaiku Ameshin in Tokyo.
You can read more about this fascinating craft and Shinri Tezuka’s creations at ame-shin.com.
