Tasty Buddha, Buddhas Carved Out of Japanese Snack Corn Puffs

Tasty Buddhas

Tasty Buddhas

Tasty Buddha is a project started in 2008 by Japanese artist Koshi Kawachi where he carves tiny buddhas out of Umaibo (“delicious stick”), cylindrical snack corn puffs found in Japan. Here’s a video from 2008 that shows Kawachi making these delicious statues.

Tasty Buddhas

images via Koshi Kawachi

via Foodiggity and The Urban Grocer

Rusty Blazenhoff
Rusty Blazenhoff