How To Make Origami(UP2)

　Have you made anything with origami "recently"? I am going to write about my occasional hobbies. Before that, what are your recent hobbies? For example, is it surfing the Internet or playing smartphone games? In addition to the remarkable development of information technology in recent years, many things can now be completed on a computer or smartphone. In this context, I am most interested in origami. I have been doing this hobby for quite a long time, and looking back as I write this, there are many things about origami that I have never felt before.
　It was in junior high school that I first realized the power and properties of origami. I was living a smartphone-centered life until I realized those kinds of attractions. One day, I was studying for a high school entrance exam and felt tired. Then, for the first time in a long time, I tried to refresh myself by innocently making my best folds with origami. It was just a refreshing change of pace. But then I became obsessed with the charm of origami! What is the charm? I will introduce it later!

Arrangement
　All you need is a sheet of origami paper.

How to make

1. Fold the origami paper into a triangle twice and make a crease. After making folds, open the origami paper.
   
   
   
   
2. Fold the triangle toward the center line. Fold the left tip of the triangle toward the fold attached to the center.
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Open the folded paper and crush it with a new fold so that the folds overlap.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. When you have finished folding twice, open it once.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Fold the small triangle at the very end inward.
   
   
   
6. Do the same process as 3 again.
7. Finally, make 4 participles and you are done! This is camellia!!!
   

　When making the crease, fold it neatly into a triangle. Otherwise, it will not look good when completed. To do this well when making this origami, do this at step 1. Another trick is to try folding the tip just a little bit to get it in if it does not fit well when folding it in again in step 6.

　What I have just described is just one example of how to fold origami. What I am trying to say in this text is that the power of origami is much greater than you may think. It was mentioned on the Hoikushi Know-How website that origami can generally cultivate five powers.

• to develop finger dexterity
• to develop concentration and perseverance
• cultivate imagination
• to develop the ability to follow procedures
• develop the ability to accomplish tasks
  These are just a few examples.

　Many people may think that origami is more for young children. However, some of the above items should also apply to those who think that they may not be good at this field. As mentioned at the beginning of this article, people these days seem to be living comfortably with the benefits of IT on a daily basis. While there have been great advances, many people may have lost their ability to concentrate and persevere. Many people these days cannot concentrate and study even for one hour, which is said to be the limit of human concentration. To overcome this, there are short-term intensive learning methods such as studying for 25 minutes and taking a 5-minute break. Actually, I was the same way, but I believe that by improving concentration through origami and breaking away from short-term intensive learning methods, we can concentrate for longer periods of time and form a mind that does not give up easily.
　Rather than shying away from origami because it is something for small children to play with, I believe that there are things that can be regained by trying folding again.

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