Kabuto – the Samurai Helmet

The month of May has just started. The biggest event in this month is on the 5th which is called ‘Kodomo-no-Hi’ the Children’s Day. It is the day we celebrate the healthy growth and happiness of children and do some ceremonies or eat some special food on this day. I have introduced some of the traditions we do last year over two posts.

Kabuto 4Last year I made two sweets in this Kodomo-no-Hi theme. One is ‘Koinobori’ the Carp and the other one is ‘Shobu’ the Iris and I wanted to make something different this year.Β  I got an idea from some object we make with Origami. The photo on the right side is the thingΒ  I used as the base design. I hope you can guess what it is.

It is a ‘Kabuto’Β the Samurai Helmet made with Origami.

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‘Kabuto’Β the Samurai Helmet

So for this year’s Children’s Day I made β€˜Kabuto’ the Samurai Helmet in Origami style with Japanese sweet β€˜Nerikiri’.

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Holland Park, Part 3 – The Unexpected Beautiful Thing

It was just a very short trip to Holland Park and I am writing about it in three separate posts. This third post is particularly the extra one and it is because I saw beautiful things in the park which I did not expect to see.

When I looked up a wall I saw some birds perched on top. Can you see what they are?

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