“Making” Japanese food…miniatures

Just a few from my ever growing collection – let me know if you want to see more.
They had to be put together – as there are paper backdrops, packages and such that had to be assembled, and I usually tack them down using Quakehold museum putty to keep them from falling apart.

Yes, they are from well-known Japanese vendors (Re-ment, KenElephant, Bandai-Namco, TakaraTomy ToyARTS, etc), meant for Japanese domestic audiences and represent different aspects of Japanese food culture. Some are contained within display boxes purchased from HobbyLobby.

From left to right, 5 images ->

1. Re-ment Puchi Sample Soba Washokudo Nagomi-Ya ぷちサンプル そば和食処 なごみ屋 Katsudon set (note that this is one of an 8-element set, and I did not put together the entire set with backdrops…yet)
2. Re-ment Puchi Sample Izakaya Nonbee ぷちサンプル 居酒屋のんべえ Dessert set (it's more like end-of-eating since you almost always end your Izakaya meal with rice…and there's onigiri there)
3. Kiyoken Makunouchi Ekiben 崎陽軒 幕の内弁当 set (this is a recent Gatcha from Bandai Namco). I believe this was referenced on the Solitary Gourmet manga
4. Osaka Omiyage Volume 3 大阪フィギュアみやげ シーズン３ Takoyaki set + the Joy of Alcohol, Volume 3 酒のある悦びミニチュアコレクション第3弾 Mitake 三岳 Japanese sake set (with bottle keep), both from KenElephant
5. Shogoin Yatsuhashi 聖護院八ッ橋 from KenElephant’s Meika Miniatures collection, Volume V 銘菓ミニチュアコレクション 第5弾, which concentrates on famous Wagashi from Japan.
   Shogoin Yatsuhashi is a representative Wagashi from the Kinki (Kyoto) region. This is the "cooked" version which is a crispy sweet cinnamon flavored senbei shaped like the Japanese harp, or Koto.