Origami

It’s there everywhere. Everyone knows how to do it. For kids, its just what they do to create things to play with. But as I begun writing about it, I thought it is best that Thing 1 writes as she has been the one totally loving it. And she was so excited to write her first blog post!

In her words:

Origami is the Japanese art of folding paper without glue and scissors. After seeing ‘muzukashi’ and amazing origami done by Manveerbhaiya, I also felt like trying it. But I did not start doing it in New Zealand, luckily I was coming to Japan. The first time I did origami in Japan was when my Japanese language teacher, Fumino, taught me how to make Yakosan. But my dadima taught me my first origami, a boat. I learnt more origami from the book that mamma bought from Osaka, and at the origami class in Kyoto.

From origami I have made panda, hamami coaster, tie, ball, crane, airplane, purse, Yakosan, piano, dress, kabuto helmet, chair, etc. But my favourite is Shinkasen and Mount Fuji. I think crane is the favourite of Japanese people because everybody knows how to make it.

I always carry origami papers and the book with me wherever I go. I have done origami at the restaurants, cafes, on the train, on the station, at the bus stop, at home, at Starbucks shibuya crossing.

In Japan, lot of people gifted me origami papers. I got it from my language teacher, ticket checker, guest house owner, at the restaurants and even from one lady on the road.

Now I am going for dinner, what should I make today?