Koshi Kawachi's Umai-bou | CNN TravelA Japanese artist creates Buddhist sculptures using an unlikely medium -- cheap snacks for kids Dagashi -- the cheap sweets found in mom-and-pop stores -- are the old-school proto-culture for the contemporary Snack Nation flavor panoply. One of the most iconic treats is Umai-bou -- a piece of crunchy popped grain covered in artificial flavoring. Each goes for a whopping ¥10, the perfect price poin
