I've always considered this odd, though. The food on display is oddly realistic but not appetizing at all. They could just have displayed a photo of real food,

I've always considered this odd, though. The food on display is oddly realistic but not appetizing at all. They could just have displayed a photo of real food, anyway. I don't look at these replicas and think "wow, I feel like eating some of that!". I feel... just weird. It doesn't register as edible to me. And is any Japanese person in any doubt of what their food will look like once served, anyway?