The paper figures that were made by a Niconico-douga user are amazing! According to the making videos, he uses paper craft software (he says there are many free software available)…

Professional origami artist doesn’t always have to be Japanese. Sipho Mabona is a Swiss origami master who has designed origami for Japanese major companies’ promotion movies.     The video…

  Following to the Ghibli Art Videos Part 1, I want to share some Ghibli related videos. The part 2 is themed “DIY Totoro.” The videos below show handmade Totoros…

When you go to a Japanese restaurant or Chinese restaurant, you will get disposal chopsticks in a paper envelop. Do you know the envelop can be entertaining while you are…

  Toilet tissues are sometimes folded into triangles, like in this photo below. Supposedly this fold signifies that “the cleaning is done”.     One day, a blogger thought that…

  Have you ever seen, heard of or used aburatori-gami, facial oil blotting paper? Aburatori-gami is one of the necessities of daily life for Japanese women, while for most people outside Japan, it…

  The video below titled, “The Japanese Tradition: Origami” looks like an instructional video but it’s actually a joke video!    

  There are various traditional paper arts in Japan and kamikiri, paper cutting craft, is one of them but the difference from other paper arts is that kamikiri is also…

  Do you know Japanese washi?   Unlike copy paper, it’s Japanese traditional paper hand-made one by one carefully. Actually, many Japanese people don’t have chances to use washi daily…

  The other day I met people who do unique business. What they produce is origami, and it’s not just ordinary one. For the purpose to “make origami pop!”, they…

  Paper cups -they are casually used and thrown away after used, but there are a group of people who create art works (?) with paper cups. Let me share…