Name: Japanese Candy Making Experience | Amezaiku ★ ONLY in JAPAN
Uploaded: 2020-03-23T09:01:37.000Z
Duration: 10 min 26 s
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Welcome to Yanaka Ginza. This is an area of the city that still has that old Tokyo feeling to it

It's also where a lot of these shops here have been handed down for generations

And where we'll find Japanese traditional candy still made called amezaiku

So I commissioned this Japanese traditional candy bust of myself from the amezaiku master

it took his shop a week to make but the question is does it look like me?

Find out at the end of the video to see if it does

It's small but big enough to display a hundred creations along the walls, it's a sugar rush just looking at them all

Colorful and cute many depicting animals prices depend on the difficulty and the time required for each one

Now let's see Yoshiharasan make a bird out of candy it only takes a few minutes

Find Japanese scissors like tweezers for real detailed cuts, edible paints

and mizuame which is a taffy like heated sugar

amezaiku artists or performers have about 2 to 3 minutes to work the candy before it hardens

That's the challenge to get a beautiful character or animal as fast as possible

He stretches it to even the consistency and temperature

When it's ready he molds it into a ball that almost looks like an egg from which the creation will spawn from

a stick is inserted starting what will become the hkolder now

Now he works the candy out from the side to create the wing.

He repeats this for the other side making sure to use the exact amount of candy.

memorized from practicing thousand's of times

When they look even he pulls a little for the tail

Yoshiharasan delicately stretches it out. You can start to see it coming to life now. We're 75% done

Times short the candy is starting to harden a few bends to get the shape just right

The black paint is edible and adds the details to the body of the candy making it look more lifelike

I asked Yoshiharasan why he wanted to become an amezaiku artist

Yoshiharasan has an amezaiku studio to try it out and certainly I could create something following his lead. How hard could it be right?

Although it's candy it's also an art and this rabbit is the shops mascot

i asked for an orange one with a red leash

Pegasus the mythological winged stallion from Greek mythology

We've arrived to the studio near Yanaka Ginza for a little contest master verse beginner

After your gloved it's time to start the race

Performers typically have 3 minutes to finish the creation

we'll boil this contest down to just 30 seconds

Masters must practice the motions for years before they get it perfect every time

It kind of reminds me of those balloon making clowns who can turn them into zoo animals

When I look at my animal and I look at Yoshihara sensay's animal

His is a lot better. I got to tell you something, but I think this is a little bit cuter. Just something just really utakata

About this thing where it's just silly enough to be almost sellable

wrap them up to protect them and they're ready

So now it's time to see my bust made from candy.

His shop can make it from photos. It costs about $100 and takes a week.

After a week I returned to see the final candy bust seeing myself in candy. What can I say it's a first

seeing myself in candy what can i say its a first

There are a lot of details and the candy does start to melt in the heat of summer but I can see a resemblance

i know you want to but it's not advised to cut air holes for the you covered in plastic

leave a comment below and let me know what you think

Amezaiku is a traditional art performance that is being rescued by the younger generation in japan. But is it art or candy?

Hey, nothing lasts forever in this world. And if you're hungry do it take a bite

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