SNOHOMISH — A tantrum in a toy store was Kim Crane’s introduction to the gentle art of Japanese paper folding. When her mother refused to buy her an origami kit, 6-year-old Kim began tearing up the ...

A little girl in Japan once believed paper cranes can grant her a wish. The story of Sadako Sasaki, who was affected by the Hiroshima Nagasaki bombings, and her prayer cranes, continues to touch ...

Origami was first known as ‘orikata’ or ‘folded shapes’. In 1880, the name changed to origami from Japanese words oru - to fold and kami- paper. It is widely known that origami is a Japanese art form ...

UAE: Sumo Sushi & Bento, one of UAE’s Japanese restaurant chains opens its 14th franchised location in Mirdif Hills Avenue Mall, Dubai at Shop 20 & 22. This also marks its 18th outlet in the Middle ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Megan Young/Daily. Buy this photo. She loved the way the paper felt against her fingertips. She ...

Participate in Asia Society's 1,000 Cranes for Hope project by joining our Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator, Nina Shimaguchi, in a live step-by-step tutorial for folding an origami crane, or ...

Origami is a physical art form – figures are created out of folded and creased paper. But in response to COVID-19, Bruin Origami For All has turned to a digital platform to support their physical art.

Three Columbus fifth-graders just wrapped up three months of making 1,000 origami cranes in a wish for world peace. Along the way, the Clinton Elementary students picked up some very grown-up lessons ...

"Amazing Origami: Traditional Japanese Folding Papers and Projects" (Tuttle Publishing, $18.95) has beautiful folding paper and extensive instructions on how to create origami animals and items. MCT ...

DANIELSVILLE - There's a Japanese legend that promises a person who makes 1,000 paper origami cranes will have a wish granted by a crane - a bird that has supernatural powers in Japanese mythology.