This year, Jugoya (the Mid-Autumn Festival) is on September 25th.

Here are some beautiful origami creations:

• "Jugoya o-shinogi-bako" (a small festival snack box) designed by Shoko Aoyagi - , Featured in NOA magazine No.373
• "Rabbit" designed by Hisashi Abe
• "Pampas Grass" designed by Mitsunobu Sonobe
• "Twist antiprism box" designed by Christiane Bettens.

This little box was designed with a lovely idea in mind: to gaze at the full autumn moon while filling this tiny "moon box" with traditional sweets like snow-rabbit wagashi or dango to satisfy a small craving.
Filling this special box with Japanese treats would make a wonderful gift!

New Origami Designs Featured in Monthly Origami No. 615

We are excited to share that the 615 th issue of NOA magazine features three wonderful designs by Shoko Aoyagi: the "Bird Card with Sheet Music," "Hat," and "Box with Label Holder."

• Bird Card with Sheet Music & Hat:
Add a festive touch by folding a hat from a 5cm square piece of paper and placing it on the bird card. It makes the perfect Christmas card! We highly recommend handwriting your favorite Christmas songs or carols on it for a stylish, personalized look.

• Box with Label Holder:
A highly functional design that helps you stay organized. We encourage you to try folding it in different sizes for various uses. Bring joy and creativity into your seasonal crafting.

Happy folding!

The Origami Symposium in Utsunomiya has been held.
I served as the coordinator for the International Exchange Session.
Thanks to everyone's advanced preparation, including making the "Yakko-tsunagi" (connected Yakko-dolls) and preparing for the ATC exchange, we were able to try some wonderful new initiatives.

Participants also shared their own stories and experiences with origami abroad. It was a joyful two hours, filled with non-stop smiles. This has given us great ideas to propose for next year's NOA symposium! To all the participants, thank you so much for your hard work and dedication.In the origami workshops,

I taught how to fold the "Bird with a Music Sheet" and the "Lamb." If you can write music notation, please enjoy writing your own score on the bird! Also, the 2026 Symposium Origami Diagrams collection features Shoko Aoyagi's designs: the "Lion Dance (Shishimai) Money Envelope" and the "Yakko-san Paper Clips Connecting Everyone."

Shoko Aoyagi’s original designs — the Hexagonal Coaster and Munari's Equal Area — were featured.

In Bruno Munari's book, it was mentioned that shapes created by rearranging an equilateral triangle cut into pieces all have equal areas. Finding this fascinating, I folded origami into nine parts without using scissors to play around with these equal areas. A single coaster piece is identical to one of the equal-area parts.

While folding origami models is great, thinking about their geometry and area can be just as fun!

Shoko's creation "Card with Bird and Sheet Music" diagram was introduced in the June 2026 issue of the BOS Magazine #358.
Enjoy making your own cards! Happy folding!

Shoko's creations "Little Bird" and "Star Box Rose" are introduced with ORISON issue #2026/3.
These are my favourite works.

Please download the PDF file below.
First, how to divide it into five equal parts.
Next, let's arrange the 1:5 paper into a √5 : √5 square!

I felt like making something using circles and squares.

"Art is about feeling, not understanding”
- Samiro Yunoki -

Introducing the Hinamatsuri book.
Hinamatsuri
Kazue Watanabe　（Joho Center Shuppankyoku)

New Shoko's creation "Fish Shaped Chopstick Sleeve” was introduced in the April 2026 issue of the NOA magazine.
By making it slightly three -dimensional, it can also be used as a chopstick rest.
The theme for the April　issue is ”Spring is here".
Happy folding!