The Japanese Puzzle Box is a traditional wooden Japanese secret box
that originated in the 1800’s during the ‘Samurai’ era. 

The box can only be opened through a series of complex sliding movements that must be made
in the right order otherwise the secret box won’t open!

The surface of the box is covered with Yosegi, a traditional Japanese wooden mosaic veneer
which often requires more than 40 different varieties of wood to create.
All the sides have slightly different patterns.

Each box is totally handmade in the Hakone region of Japan at the foot of Mount Fuji
by only a handful of highly skilled Japanese craftsmen.

The word 'sun' is a traditional Japanese unit of measurement with one sun being 3.03 cm.
In describing Japanese Puzzle boxes, the number of 'suns' denote the longest measurement of the box.
2 'sun' would therefore be 6.06 cm, 3'sun' would be 9.09 cm etc.
 

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2 sun 7 moves with a Good Luck Coin

Requires 7 moves to open this box
to reveal a Japanese Good Luck Coin 'Go-en' inside

60mm x 46mm x 38mm
(Internal Dimensions: W35 mm x L33 mm x D28 mm)

This is a relatively small box being 2 sun. 

Please double check the dimensions. 

The solution/instruction is included
Please Note: This Puzzle Box does not come in a gift box

 

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Inside the box you will find a Japanese Good Luck Coin and a hand written note wishing you a good luck.

 

 

 

Five yen coin is considered a lucky charm in Japan.

The “magic” of the five yen coin is actually based on the Japanese pronounciation for five yen ‘go-en’ that sounds like the word for good luck, good fortune or karma.

The front of the coin depicts a rice plant growing out of water and the Kanji symbol for 5 yen. the back is stamped with "Japan" and the year of issue, also in kanji.

The coin is the only Japanese coin that does not have an Arabic number on either side.

It is widely believed that putting a five yen coin in a wallet before putting any other money will attract good luck

and people like to give five-yen coins as donations to Shinto shrines for good fortune.

 

 

See how it works on YouTube! 

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh4ZyIs4SUo

About Yosegi (Koyosegi) Design

The designs of our boxes are called 'Yosegi' which in Japanese means 'gathered wood' and is the most authentic design for Japanese puzzle boxes.

The surface of each box is covered with veneer and there are a number of different veneer patterns that make up the whole box.

We have listed below an image and name of each pattern used so you can identify which patterns are on your box.

Please note that the names are all in Japanese which we have translated into English so they might seem a little strange!

Note: 'Measuring Cup' is repeatedly featured and this is a traditional wooden cup (see below) to measure Japanese rice wine (sake) and rice which is still used today.

Puzzle Box Facts

 

Myth has it that the Japanese Puzzle Boxes were used to store

 valuables and secret letters by samurais and nobles
 
The Japanese Puzzle Box movements vary form two to more than seventy moves
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Our puzzle boxes are sourced and imported directly from Japan
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Yosegi technique is designated as the traditional handcraft by
The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, May 1984.
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The Japanese Puzzle Box is a winner of the Regional (Great Britain) Prize in the
Souvenirs of Japan Contest 2008 by The Ministry of Japan Tourism Agency.

 

 

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International Delivery

Please note that International Standard Delivery is not tracked. If you would like tracking please ensure you select the Tracked & Signed service when placing your order

Within Europe: Delivery can take from 3 to 10 days depending on where you are based (For example Spain and Italy can take up to 25 days)

Outside of Europe: Delivery can take from 5 to 25 days depending on where you are based