TOKYO, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Featuring perfectly replicated seams, soles and shoelaces, chocolate shoes crafted by a Japanese chocolate maker could fool your eyes as genuine leather shoes.
The stunning shoe collection, "Gentleman's Radiance," is the creation of master chocolatier Motohiro Okai from Rihga Royal Hotel's chocolate boutique L'eclat in Osaka, Japan, according to a report by online newspaper Japan Today.
Made entirely from chocolate, each chocolate shoe measures 26 cm in length and comes in three different shades of brown leather -- light, dark and red-brown, the online newspaper said.
To give these chocolate shoes a realistic shiny finish resembling genuine leather, Okai engaged in a painstaking process of trial and error.
Each pair of chocolate shoes comes with a shoe care kit, including a chocolate "shoehorn" and a small jar of "shoe cream" containing round discs of tempered chocolate.
As only nine pairs of these edible shoes will be produced, each pair is sold at 29,160 Japanese yen (260 U.S. dollars), which is more expensive than some real leather shoes.
The shoes will be available for pre-order from Jan. 20 to Feb. 7, and scheduled for delivery just in time for Valentine's Day.
Despite its costly price, the beauty and superb craftsmanship of the edible footwear collection has attracted attention from chocolate lovers around the country.
