One of the best things about visiting Japan is marveling at the food displays outside of restaurants. The entire menu is displayed in a showcase with amazing plastic replicas. You name it, they can fake it…tempura that still looks crisp, sushi so fresh-looking it glistens, draft beer with a nice head of foam …it’s like the culinary version of Madame Tussaud’s.

There’s a whole artform in Japan dedicated to making things look real. From fake food, miniature robots and dinosaur skeletons, to a tiny, working grand piano, the craftsmanship is impeccable. There’s even a historic battle scene, reproduced with soldiers an inch tall, complete with carnage. Even the more child-friendly edamame keychain has realistically slippery soybeans that you push out of the pods. Why, you may ask? Simply because shelling soybeans is silly, addicting fun. Like the plastic food that makes your mouth water, the plastic soybean dangling from your car ignition is guaranteed to appeal to the primal, bean-popping urges in all of us.

See the Mugen (forever) Edamame and more on display at the Felissimo Design House, now through Saturday.