Calbee Hokusai potato chips

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This year celebrating the 260th anniversary of the birth of the famous Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. Calbee Potato Chips cooperated with the Sumida Hokusai Art Museum in Tokyo to launch a variety of special Ukiyo-e packaging, including the popular masterpiece “Mount Fuji Seen Below a Wave at Kanagawa”. It’s so beautiful that you want to stock up a set!

The Great Wave Off Kanagawa (left) and pastiche of Fuji View Field In Owari Province (right) from Thirty-six Views Of Mount Fuji Image credit: Calbee

Two flavors of potato chips are available – the standard usushio (lightly salted) and umami-filled consomme punch – with two designs per flavor. The 65g pack retails at USD2.46 (¥260) each – a reasonable price to pay for the work of one of Japan’s most revered artists.

Fine Wind, Clear Morning from Thirty-six Views Of Mount Fuji (left) and Hokusai Manga (right)
Image credit: Calbee

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