--- title: These Sneakers Made of Sushi Are Art You Can Eat description: Italian sushi chef Yujia Hu is making a name for himself by crafting onigiri rolls in the shape of popular sneakers. canonical: https://time.com/4777514/sushi-shoes-yujia-hu/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-12T20:46:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:36.690Z og:title: These Sneakers Made of Sushi Are Art You Can Eat og:description: Who knew sushi could be such an ideal artistic medium? og:url: https://time.com/4777514/sushi-shoes-yujia-hu/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Sneakers Made of Sushi Are Art You Can Eat twitter:description: Who knew sushi could be such an ideal artistic medium? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Sneakers Made of Sushi Are the Latest Artistic Masterpieces You Can Eat  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 12, 2017 8:46 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 12, 2017 8:46 PM UTC Chef and artist [Yujia Hu](https://www.instagram.com/theonigiriart/) is pushing the boundaries of edible art with his [sushi](http://time.com/4633426/fake-sushi-food-fraud/) crafting. The culinary creative, who works as a sushi chef at his restaurant in Milan, is becoming well-known on Instagram for the sushi he shapes into the form of popular, cult-favorite sneakers, slides, and even celebrities. (He also [sells prints](https://humlikes.com/) of photographs of the edible art, for about $25 a pop.) The proof is in the, well, sushi: anything can really be transformed into art, even some simple sashimi, rice, strategically-placed strips of seaweed, and perhaps a touch of avocado. From perfect miniature recreations of everything from Kanye’s [Yeezy Boosts](http://time.com/4468623/jimmy-kimmel-yeezy-prank-kanye-west/) to Pharrell’s Adidas, the level of detail Hu applies to his “shoe-shi” is eye-popping. It apparently can take him [hours](https://humlikes.com/) to put together one of his signature sneakers. We know we were taught not to play with our food, but in Hu’s case, breaking that rule has only paid off. He’s [not the only](http://time.com/4658225/leonardo-dicaprio-salt-bae-photo/) culinary-minded creative who has found a following online, as [beautiful food](http://time.com/4776302/korean-latte-art/) continues to trend worldwide. He also does some figurative portrait work — including of his fellow viral chef, [Nusret “Salt Bae”Gökçe](http://people.com/food/salt-bae-turkish-steak-chef-internet-food-trend/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4777514/sushi-shoes-yujia-hu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4777514/sushi-shoes-yujia-hu/"},"headline":"Sneakers Made of Sushi Are the Latest Artistic Masterpieces You Can Eat","datePublished":"2017-05-12T20:46:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:36.690Z","description":"Italian sushi chef Yujia Hu is making a name for himself by crafting onigiri rolls in the shape of popular sneakers.","url":"https://time.com/4777514/sushi-shoes-yujia-hu/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4777514/sushi-shoes-yujia-hu/","name":"Sneakers Made of Sushi Are the Latest Artistic Masterpieces You Can Eat"}}]}] ```