Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Hakone Trick Box

I bought a rare box from my trip to Hakone.  It's called many names but it only comes from Hakone. 
From Japan
From Japan
It is a trick box (link) that can only be opened by following a series of steps.  Mine takes 27 steps to open.  It's intricate decoration is beautiful and it is designed to confuse the untrained user.  I made sure I have photocopies of the instructions to open it so that I always have a back-up.  Now, I need something classified to put in it.

1 comment:

Richard Lillis said...

Is this box where you are going to hide your Vegas money? ;)