Sadako Sasaki

Folded a family of four paper tsuru or Japanese cranes. I folded the paper cranes for leisure but in 1955 a desperate young girl did that with the belief that it could cure her of her illness.

Sadako Sasaki, a Second World War Hiroshima atomic bomb victim, believed that if she folded 1000 paper cranes she would be cured of radiation sickness from the atomic bomb. However she managed to fold only 644 paper cranes before she succumbed to her radiation illness and died on the morning of October 25 1955. The picture on the right is a stature in memory of Sadako Sasaki erected in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park depicting her holding a golden crane. 

Peace to all beings

How to make a 16 page mini note book by cutting and folding a A4-size sheet of paper

Ialways carry a 16-page note book which I make from an A4 sheet of paper in my shirt for taking down instant notes. I learned how to make the small note book after watching an YouTube origami video clip.

Someone who is interested asked me to post a picture of the note book online. I am pleased to add an instructional video clip here for your reference. 

The video clip teaches you how to fold the booklet in landscape format in a few easy steps. After experimenting a few times I have learned how to make the mini note book in portrait format as well.