Cooking Toys Boom In Popularity Amongst Japanese Families

TOKYO - APRIL 30: Pastry chef Dai Kitatoki demonstrates to make soft caramels made of milk, cream and sugar by using Japanese toy maker Takara Tomy's cooking toys and microwave only during the Cooking Toy Studio opening event at Kiddy Land Harajuku on April 30, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Cooking toys, such as Pasta machines, ice-cream machines and doughnuts machines that enable children to easily cook attract families attentions as they help dietary education to children with joy. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)