Origami: How to fold a Japanese radish

You can never miss a Japanese radish in Japanese dish

called ‘hot pot cooking’ or ‘oden’.

It’s delicious if we put them fresh in salad too.

It’s full of nutrition and is a healthy vegetable.★

 
Let’s make a good, thick Japanese radish with origami paper.♪

How to fold a Japanese radish Ver.1

First, I’ll show you how to fold a Japanese radish with a sheet of origami paper.★

Since you can see the leaf part after you fold it,

I recommend that you should choose either green or yellowish green origami paper.♪

1. Fold it in half and make a crease along the dotted line.

2. Fold both sides to the middle crease along the dotted lines.

3. Fold both corners along the dotted lines.

4. Cut it along the red line with scissors.

5. Fold the parts that you cut behind along the dotted lines as picture No.6 shows.

6. Fold it along the dotted line. (a valley fold)

7. Fold it up along the dotted line.

8. Fold both sides toward the middle line along the dotted lines.

9. Turn it over and…

10. it’s done!

Yes, we could make a fine Japanese radish with the leaves spreading out!

 Let’s make many more and play a vegetable store!♪

How to fold a Japanese radish Ver.2

We need two sheets of origami paper for this one.♪

If you use the same sized origami paper for both leaves and the radish,

you can make just like the sample’s one.★

1. We will make a radish first.  You can pick any color of origami paper for this one.

Put the colored side on and fold it in half along the dotted line to make a crease.

2. Fold both sides to the middle crease that  you made.

3. Fold the top corner down along the dotted line.

4. Fold and overlap both sides toward the center along the dotted lines.

You can adjust the width.

5. Turn it over and…

6. the radish part is done!

7. Now, we will make the leaves.  Fold it in half along the dotted line.

8. Fold it along the dotted line. (a valley fold)

9. Fold it along the dotted line again.

10. Turn it over and…

11. the leaves are done!  It was quick, right?

12. nsert the leaves into the radish.

13. And it’s done!

If you want a bigger radish,

use a bigger sheet of origami paper than the leaves.♪　

If you cover this origami Japanese radish with brown origami paper,

it will be like the one grown in the field.★

You might be able to tell your child that Japanese radish grows like this too!♥

【Translated by　 Kana Toda PIERCE】