Origami art left by diners as a ‘Japanese tip’
KAMEOKA: Yuki Tatsumi was waiting tables at an izakaya pub in Japan’s Kyoto when something on the table caught his eye — a chopstick wrapper folded and fiddled into an abstract shape.
It was the catalyst for a collection that now includes some 15,000 pieces of "origami art" made by customers folding the paper sleeves that cover chopsticks at Japanese restaurants.
"The very first one I found just looked like a bit of junk," 27-year-old Tatsumi admitted, but it made him think.
"What if this is a message for me from…