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What's New
July 2007
NEW!

Our new origami models are in Japanese stores!

Click here to see more of our new models


12/20/2006

NEW!

The Japanese
bullet train's 500 series.

07/27/2006
NEW! You can now download our red sports car. Our Web site includes step-by-step instructions.
 
05/22/2006

Our Origami Paper Craft Designs Are Now In Stores!
のりものおりがみトレイン<新幹線>0427アップ祭55  Showa Grimm Inc., one of Japan's premiere origami manufacturers, has licensed our Japanese Bullet Train, Fire Truck, and Ambulance  models for sale in Japan. The pack comes in sets of 16 sheets, each with a landscape background for display purposes.  The cost is 200-yen or about $2. We hope to make them available on-line soon. 

05/22/2006
In the Pipeline
 
 At Taro's Origami Studio, we are constantly thinking of new and exciting ways to recreate the world in paper! Currently we have a fire house, and several new cars in the pipeline. We can't wait to introduce them to you on this Web site.

 

ORIGAMI IS WORLD ART
The word 'origami' is Japanese that literally means to fold ('ori'and  paper ('gami'). But did you know that Europe has its own paper folding tradition that developed separately from Japan?  The earliest known European 'origami' is probably a 16th century Spanish baptismal certificate made into the shape of a little bird called 'pajarita'.
 

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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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