![]() ![]() There is a lovely flower display and an impressive origami amusement park too. The museum displays 400 pieces of origami from the traditional crane to a tiny crane that needs to be looked at under a microscope. No more dread going to the airport hours and hours before your departure time-you’ve got the Nippon Origami museum to go to. There’s more to Narita International Airport than just the duty-free shops. Photo by Victor Gonzalez Nippon Origami Museum It was after World War II that origami cranes symbolized peace.It has been said that a thousand cranes makes a wish come true.In Japan, the earliest reference to a paper model was in a poem by Inhara Saikaku in 1680. ![]() This post will tell you everything you need to know about origami, from where to buy the paper and where to see this delicate art in action in Tokyo. Nowadays origami is quite a cool and hip thing to do in the West too-and seeing the range of origami designs available, you can definitely see why. Origami is an intricate art which is extremely impressive. The Japanese word ‘origami’ is made up of two smaller Japanese words – ‘ori’ from the verb ‘oru’ which means to fold, and ‘kami’ meaning paper. The objective of origami is to make a flat square sheet of paper into a finished sculpture. It is the simple art of paper folding and it originates from the great Japan. Origami-we’ve all seen it and we all appreciate it. ![]()
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