3) The Nippon Origami Museum
Nippon Origami Museum (Photo courtesy of the Nippon Origami Museum)
Japan now has a museum dedicated to origami. The Nippon (Japan) Origami Museum is located in the city of Kaga in Ishikawa Prefecture. The museum collection includes an amazing 100,000 figures made of folded paper. The Nippon Origami Museum also offers origami classes and has a multimedia space that gives visitors a chance to enjoy the world of origami more deeply.
"Cinderella's Island"
"Feudal Lord's Procession" (Photos courtesy of the Nippon Origami Museum)
There are origami lovers everywhere, not just in Japan, and the Nippon Origami Museum has a special section for figures sent by people from 20 countries all over the world. Many of the figures have a very different quality from native Japanese origami pieces. Another area of the museum is dedicated to a display of ultra-miniature origami figures. And Dinosaur Land is a display of folded paper dinosaurs inspired by the many fossils found in Ishikawa Prefecture and neighboring Fukui Prefecture. (169 words)
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