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  Taro Yaguchi
is the founder of Taro's Origami Studio and the creator of all the
models you see on this Web site. By profession, he is a Japanese Patent Attorney who holds offices in Tokyo,
Osaka,
and Philadelphia. Like all Japanese children, Taro grew up making origami at a
young age, but it wasn't until he was a grown man when origami became
his passion. Initially, his renewed interest was purely practical; he was to attend an
inventor's convention and he needed a unique giveaway that was cost-effective and appealing.
He came up with a simple idea of printing a paper airplane which had his firm's information on one side and the
paper airplane design on the
other. The idea was a hit. People were stopping by his booth and
picking up 2,3,4 pieces of the promotional give-away
at a time. Soon, hotel workers, and people unrelated to the convention
were grabbing them up as well. It was then that he realized he may have
hit on something exciting. If a simple airplane design can generate so much interest,
why not create a design that was wholly new and had greater realism? He
started experimenting with new folding techniques on the long
transpacific flights he took several times a year for business. The
first design he created was that of a commercial aircraft. Soon, other
models followed. Taro's Origami
Studio now has over a dozen original designs of trucks, buses, cars and trains.
And with many more business trips in the works, one can expect to
see many new models appearing on this Web site in the future.
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Showa Grimm Inc., one of Japan's 
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