Hiroyuki Oka

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3 sun Cube box

07-Aug-2024One of my past works, this is a 3-sun sized cube-style Japanese puzzle box. It has 14 steps to open. I haven'...
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27 steps Natural wood

06-Aug-2024As my next new work, I have started making 4-sun 27-step Japanese puzzle boxes. Today, I prepared the necessa...
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4 sun Natural wood box

05-Aug-2024I am currently making limited edition natural wood boxes along with other boxes. This time, there are only th...
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Finish coating 4

02-Aug-2024Continuing from yesterday...What is the method that craftsmen of the past used to paint Japanese puzzle boxes...
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Greeting

Hello everyone. My name is Hiroyuki Oka. I'm a Japanese puzzle box craftsman. I was born in Odawara City, Japan, and hav...
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Finish coating 2

Jul 31, 2024*From here, the past articles are reposted from another site (japanesepuzzlebox.jp) where I had been writing...
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Finish coating

Jul 30, 2024Today, I am sanding several Japanese puzzle boxes with sandpaper for the finish coating (painting). These ar...
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2 sun cube 7 steps

Jul 29, 2024I have started making 2 sun cube 7-step puzzle boxes. This time, I'm making more than 50 of them, including ...
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Hanko

Jul 26, 2024Currently, my puzzle boxes are stamped with this seal (Hanko). In the past, I used other designs, but for th...