Sample Kobo

Fun, creative

Nice little shop selling fake food that you see in all the restaurants all over Japan. Kids can make their own model dessert. Friendly, patient, young staff. We really enjoyed it.

Makes me hungry

Did you know that Gujo Hachiman churns out more than half of the fake food replicas you see all over Japan? History dictates that Takizo Iwasaki who invented all this fake food goodness actually came...

Go for the Food Replica Workshop

Gujo, a small town of Gifu is famous for Odori dance as well as a centre of food replicas. We visited Sample Kobo and our workshop consisted of creating tempura and cabbage. We had fun doing hands-on ...

Beautiful food replicas

Gujo is also a leading producer of food replicas in Japan. Many of the food replicas, used by restaurants to decorate their windows are produced here. Over here, visitors can attend a short workshop f...

Interesting replica shop with mini workshop

We booked a replica workshop to make candy/desert. The place itself is not difficult to locate as Gujohachiman itself is quite a small town. The workshop was about 10-15 minutes and we were lucky ...