I KNOW HIS STUNTMAN.
Kathy: GOOD ENOUGH.
MINAMOTO KITCHOAN'S KAHALA AND
ALA MOANA LOCATIONS HAVE SOME OF
THE BEST TREATS YOU CAN FIND
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
John: ONE OF THOSE SWEET
TREATS IS DEPLAYED AT ALA MOANA.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT I WAS
SEEING.
AT MINAMOTO KITCHOAN.
HERE AT ALA MOANA CENTER WE'RE
JOINED BY YAYOI AKAMA.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US ON
John: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
EDIBLE ART AND YOUR HOLIDAY
ASOURCEMENT.
WHAT IS EDIBLE ART?
EDIBLE ART IS MADE BY EDIBLE
CONFECTIONERY MATERIAL.
THIS IS WHITE BEAN PASTE AND
SUGAR AND RICE.
NOT TO BE EATEN BUT LOOKS VERY
BEAUTIFUL AND REAL.
IT'S DESCRIBED IN JAPANESE
NATURE.
SUCH AS BIRDS, FLOWERS AND
LANDSCAPE.
AND OUR CRAFT WORKERS SPEND ONE
YEAR FOR MAKING THIS EXHIBITION.
AND GOES TO 1200 HANDMADE
PIECES.
SUCH AS THE PETAL, FEATHERS.
EVERYTHING IS EDIBLE.
John: IT IS ART.
YEAH.
John: WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT
THE EDIBLE ART?
WE HAVE MINAMOTO KITCHOAN
PUTS A LOT OF WORK IN PRODUCTION
OF THIS EDIBLE ART.
WE HAVE OUT OF 175 EXHIBITION
WORK AT THE 27TH NATIONAL
CONFECTIONERY CONVENTION HELD AT
JAPAN THIS YEAR.
John: SO WHAT IS MINAMOTO
KITCHOAN'S EXHIBIT?
EDIBLE ART HAS A LONG
HISTORY.
CONFECTIONERY COMPANY, WE LIKE
TO SHARE THIS BEAUTIFUL CULTURE
WITH THE PEOPLE IN HAWAI'I.
AND UNDERSTAND JAPANESE CULTURE
THROUGH CONFECTIONERY.
John: YOU HAVE SO MANY GOOD
THINGS IN THE STORE.
WHAT KIND OF HOLIDAY GIFTS DO
YOU HAVE?
WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT
ASOURCEMENT BOX.
FOUR POPULAR ITEMS.
THIS IS WAFFLE COOKIE WITH
VANILLA, CHOCOLATE AND MATCHA
CREAM.
AND MANJU, MOCHI JELLY THAT
PEOPLE CAN SELECT DEPENDING ON
THEIR BUDGET AND WHO THEY'RE
GOING TO GIFT IT.
BUSINESS USE OR PERSONAL USE.
John: WHY DO YOU THINK
THEY'RE SO SPECIAL?
WHY DO YOU THINK WE LOVE THEM SO
MUCH?
THE JAPANESE CONFECTIONERY
GIFT, IT'S PACKED NICELY.
DESIGNED LIKE A CAN I MOW --
KINOMO.
NO STRESSFUL PACKAGE IN
SELECTION.
GRAJUST GRAB IT AND GIVE TO PEOPLE.
John: IF THEY'D LIKE TO
VISIT YOUR WEBSITE, IT'S KITCH
KITCHOAN.COM.
THIS IS REALLY COOL.
I WISH WE COULD EAT IT.
EVERYTHING LOOKS GORGEOUS.
Kathy: AMAZING.
John: THEY SAID IT'S NOT
INTENDED TO EAT BECAUSE IT WAS
MADE OVER A YEAR AGO.
Kathy: OKAY.
IF YOU'RE REALLY HUNGRY.
John: MINAMOTO KITCHOAN IS
OFFERING 5% DISCOUNT ON
PROVIDESES ON ORDERS BY DECEMBER
EIGHT.
THEY HAVE TWO EVENT LOCATIONS,
ALA MOANA AND KAHALA.