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 (meaning gathered wood), a traditional Japanese wooden mosaic veneer
which often requires more than 40 different varieties of wood to create.
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.
This box is cellophane wrapped and comes with a handwritten Japanese calligraphy label.
Why not keep it inside the box for authenticity?
See an example of how it works on YouTube!
5 sun 27 moves
Requires 27 moves to open this box,
150mm x 97mm x 68mm
The solution/instruction sheet is included
This box does not come in a a gift box
The pattern of the box may slightly vary
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.