Japanese Fruit Art: The Banana

I don’t like bananas. My kid does; he chows down on them like they’re going out of style. Today, while watching him cram a banana down his throat, I thought of this “news” story:

\’nana Art!

Only a Japanese guy would be weird enough to think of doing this, but I have to admit it looks pretty sweet; Yamada has made it onto NPR (one of those short weird news blurbs they do on Morning Edition) and if you search Keisuke Yamada Art on Google you can see more of his stuff, including Davy Jones and Homer Simpson.

At least his art definitely looks better than the mushy, spitty banana stubs my toddler hands me when he’s done.

(I titled this post “Japanese Fruit Art: The Banana” because I am sure there are other Japanese people doing art with other fruits. When I find another one I’ll just post it as “Japanese Fruit Art: The Mango” or whatever. This could be a regular feature on Yellow Menace)