We first became acquainted with the story of the 1,000 paper cranes when we saw a “flock” of the origami birds at the home of a good friend. An ancient legend says that if a sick person folds 1,000 ...

Start your origami journey with simple designs like cranes or boats. These basic models require fewer steps, making it easier for beginners to focus on each fold. By mastering simple shapes first, ...

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, which dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan, is the act of folding paper into decorative shapes and objects. Paper was very expensive to produce back then, so this was something ...