Wooden picture book Ohanashi Kikko/Dareta Dosuta?
Tono, known as the home of folk tales, is also a land of forests, 90% of which are mountain forests. Who? Where? What? What happened? The cubes of wood divided into "Who?" sections can be freely combined to spin out 1,296 different "stories.
Photo: Seiji Himeno
■English version is now available at
This is an English teaching material developed jointly with Iwate University. You can also enjoy old stories in English using the same four cubes as in Japanese.
■Mokumoku Picture Book Research Institute:
Our goal is to create wooden picture books that can be enjoyed in our daily lives today, rather than in the past, and to create products that can connect Tono's culture to the next generation.
Awarded year | Good Design Award 2012 Best 100 | |||
Manufacturer | Mokumoku Picture Book Research Institute, LLC | |||
Designers | Keiko Maekawa, Junichiro Toyoda, Nozomi Matsuda, Toshie Tokuyoshi | |||
Size | 50mm x 50mm x 50mm, set of 4 | |||
Material | Japanese cedar | |||
Country of production | Japan |
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