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THE JAPANESE HANDKERCHIEF, Kleenex and toilet tissue rolled into one is chirigami (dust paper) or sakuragami (cherry paper). Chirigami is plain and cheap and sakuragami is smooth and more expensive.

Whether to blow the nose, wipe the lipstick, or serve other purposes, the paper is always carried by the Japanese. Mama-san conveniently tucks it inside her kimono where the garment folds over the chest. Papa-san stuffs it into his pocket. Girl-san packs it into her handbag.

But the best paper of all is origami (folding paper). The kids - and the older folks too - have a great time with it. They fold the paper into hats and boxes and dolls and boats and birds. Origami is white or blue or green or red or amber or yellow, and the splash of its color is as immense as its popularity, especially among the youngsters.

But sooner or later, like everything else, the serviceman discovers the different and delightful form of recreation. And from then on he, too, enters the creative world of the paper-folding artists.

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