Kamifūsen
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The term kamifūsen refers to several types of paper balloons in Japanese culture. They are simple toys for children, advertising give-aways for traditional medicine companies, and illuminated flying b
A hand-held kamifūsen
Newlyweds playing with a kamifūsen
Chicken kamifūsen
Hot-air kamifūsen in Kamihinokinai in 2015
Dagashi
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Dagashi, in Japan, refers to cheap candies and snack foods. Dagashi are comparable to American penny candy.
Kamifūsen
…a new shape, which it can then retain. The properties of these paper balloon toys are of interest to scientists. Traditionally, kamifūsen were sold in dagashiya, small shops selling candy, snacks and inexpensive toys to schoolchildren as an alternative to the more expensive rubber balloon. They are now sold in…
An assortment of dagashi
Recreation of a dagashiya at Ōme Akasuka Fujio Kaikan Museum (Retro Museum of Packaging from the Showa Era, 1926–1989)
A dagashiya in Yokohama
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