Feast your eyes on these incredible works of candy art

Japan is always light years ahead of the western world, what with their square watermelons and talking toilets.

Even their candy is taken to the next level; ironically, something so futuristic-seeming actually has roots in Japan’s past. The super-cute and intricate candy lollipops, called amezaiku, are a centuries-old form of folk art from the 17th – 19th centuries in Edo Japan.

Made simply with the use of one’s hands and a pair of scissors, an artist shapes color-dyed mizuame (a thick and sugary sweetener) into mini-sculptures. The detail is incredible, a veritable feast for the eyes.

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Feast your eyes on these incredible works of candy art

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  Dolphin

  Flipper immortalized forever.
  All images courtesy of Takahiro Mizuki

• Tiger

  The stripes look especially cool on this one. So precise!

• Winnie the Pooh

  A homegrown classic, in candy form.

• Dragon

  We can't even draw a stick-figure dragon, so this is pretty impressive.

• Octopus

  Eight legs of adorable deliciousness.

• Rose

  From afar, this seriously looks like a real rose.

• Unicorn

  Imagine how wonderful this mythical animal will taste.