Web Page with Collection of Paper Model Sites

[John Wagenseil]

A (sort of )new (Dec 2015) paper model of anime character "FOnewear" from Moekami
http://moekami.himegimi.jp/item/033FOnew/FOnew.html
The download link and links to his previous releases
http://moekami.himegimi.jp/download/download.html
Moekami home page
http://moekami.himegimi.jp/

[John Wagenseil]

This site has been posted many times, but it looks like more trout have been added since my last visit
Trout and Seasons of The Mountain Village - Paper Trout of Japan
Very nice pictures of finished trout and their displays
Trout and Seasons of The Mountain Village in Japan - Display stands by Visitors

[John Wagenseil]

"Papermau" recently reposted the Sanda Sakamoto website with its collection of Japanese buildings.
The Sakamoto website has been reorganized since my last visit, and the new format makes it much easier to see what buildings are currently available for download, as well as displaying on a single page all the buildings he has designed and either previously released or intends to release in the future.
In the past Sakamoto-san has rotated the buildings available for download, so it is worth revisiting the site from time to time, in order to see if there are new offerings.
The farm buildings and small down buildings are representative of Japanese architectural styles, ranging from traditional farm house styling to the god-awful soulless boxy mass produced prefabs that characterized the post war and boom period. It would be fun to slip one or two of these buildings into a model railroad of an otherwise mid-western scene, and see if visitors notice them.
Here is the index page, punch the buttons and see where you end up, the site is easy to navigate.
ペーパークラフトＮ
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~sanda-sakamoto/index.html

[whulsey]

Thanks for posting the Trout. Does look like at least 1 new one I don't remember.

[John Wagenseil]

A festival display of an obi (brocade kimono sash) from Canon.
Sash Tie Decoration - Season - Toys - Paper Craft - Canon Creative Park

and Alice
GRAPHIG : Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) - Toy Figures - Toys - Paper Craft - Canon Creative Park

[John Wagenseil]

Aircraft hanger backdrops, and water and ground texture display bases
- Facet

[John Wagenseil]

A young presumably unmarried woman (her sleeves are very long) in a pretty kimono. The figure is macrocephalic.

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http://yojin15.sakura.ne.jp/newpage61.html
If you look for them, other paper models can be found on this site including entertainers, a dictator and a famous person posed on a motor scooter.

[herky]

Originally Posted by John Wagenseil

Aircraft hanger backdrops, and water and ground texture display bases
- Facet

background sheets are a nice idea for photos.thanks for that

[John Wagenseil]

While visiting "papermau" I saw that he had a new link to a monkey couple in formal Japanese clothing.
http://papermau.blogspot.com/2016/07/2016s-year-of-monkey-monkey-kun-and.html
or
http://bocchinokamiasobi.web.fc2.com/details5001089.html

I looked around and found (Princess) Otohime and Taro Urashima.

http://bocchinokamiasobi.web.fc2.com/details5001088.html

Explore bocchinokamiasobi web site and find many other models.

Learn all about Taro Urashima and why it pays to be nice to turtles and the importance of keeping promises:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urashima_Tar%C5%8D
and
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/72/japanese-fairy-tales/4881/the-story-of-urashima-taro-the-fisher-lad/

[John Wagenseil]

Otohime (see previous post) gave Urashima Taro a Magic box, a Tamatebako, with instructions to never never never open it.

The Tamatebako is a very special origami box that can be opened from any side but only once since it falls apart and cannot be put back together again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamatebako


(Many thanks to Mauther for the Saro Kun and Saro Chan post that led to discovering the Tamatebako.)