Confectionary Competition

I love how art can be created with food. It fascinates me to see how artists create textures...not to mention how they counter balance the weight of all that sugar.

Check out those feathers!

Can't see, but the detail on the scales was impressive.

Release the kraken!

From above

After the large show pieces we viewed tables filled with hundred of individual fondant creations. These were being judged as well.

A little shaky, but shows the main display of Miyajima's Itsukushima Shrine.