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Jigsaw puzzles from Japan
"None of the above"
The puzzles on this page are difficult or different, but defy classification
Torture (hardest of all!) -
Fun puzzles from Beverly -
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More puzzler's puzzles
Torture
You could always write a message on the completed puzzle, break it up, and send it to a friend...?
Every piece of this puzzle is plain white. Not for the faint of heart!
Blank puzzle, with no pattern at all!
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Just 300 little pieces, all black!
This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.
Blank puzzle, with no pattern at all!
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Just 300 little pieces, all white!
This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.
Blank puzzle, with no pattern at all!
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Just 300 little pieces, all red!
This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.
Blank puzzle, with no pattern at all!
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Just 300 little pieces, all blue!
This puzzle has smaller pieces than the standard size.
Blank puzzle, with no pattern at all!
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Sixty-six varieties of sushi, plus the essential accompaniments of wasabi (Japanese horseradish) and ginger. Each delicacy has the photo accompanied by the Japanese name, its English equivalent, and romanization of the Japanese.
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Perhaps a classic scene from Kirby's Dream Land (the game known as Hoshi-no-Kaabi in Japanese), in which Mount Fuji has been replaced by... ?
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© Kotobuki Kogei
A formal, but rather jolly portrayal of the seven-level doll display traditionally provided for the Girl's Festival, on the third day of the third month. The Emperor and Empress on the top level sit in front of a gold screen, and the steps below them range from court ladies, and musicians, down to displays of domestic objects, in the elaborate lacquered style of the Heian period.
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Peko-chan is the mascot of the Fujiya chain of confectionery stores and restaurants, "Milky" being their iconic brand of milk candy.
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An amazing collection of coins dating from 1668 to 1917 - shown on the puzzle itself at approximately actual size.
The back of the box has a key (in Japanese) to each coin, including the dates it was issued, and details of the composition and weight...
Translation guide |
品位 | Composition (parts of gold, silver, etc) |
金 | Gold |
銀 | Silver |
銅 | Copper/bronze |
量目 | Weight (in grams) |
新 | New |
旧 | Old |
円 | Yen (currency unit from 1870) |
銭 | Sen (1/100th of a yen) |
不明 | Unknown |
This puzzle is numbered on the back so it is possible to work out where a piece goes.
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Peko-chan is the mascot of the Fujiya chain of confectionery stores and restaurants, "Milky" being their iconic brand of milk candy.
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© Beverly
A map of Edo dating from 1843, long before it was renamed as the "Eastern capital" (Tokyo). It has the lines of the modern Tokyo Metro rail network superimposed, and also the outlines of the huge areas of reclaimed land in what was once Tokyo Bay; it's interesting that the principal lines we see in the original map are waterways, the canal network carrying all goods around the city, ensuring that the Imperial Palace was supplied with really fresh fish, amongst other things. If you can read Japanese at all you will also notice that the map has been rotated; the custom in that time was for East to be at the top.
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Peko-chan is the mascot of the Fujiya chain of confectionery stores and restaurants, "Milky" being their iconic brand of milk candy.
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Peko-chan is the mascot of the Fujiya chain of confectionery stores and restaurants, "Milky" being their iconic brand of milk candy.
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© Fujiya
Pekola-chan is the rival of Peko, and another mascot of the Fujiya chain of confectionery stores and restaurants, "Milky" being their iconic brand of milk candy.
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© Fujiya
Peko-chan is the mascot of the Fujiya chain of confectionery stores and restaurants; 牛奶糖 (lit. "milk-sugar") is the Chinese name for their iconic "Milky" confectionery.
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© Fujiya
Peko-chan is the mascot of the Fujiya chain of confectionery stores and restaurants, "Milky" being their iconic brand of milk candy.
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A personal selection of puzzles that seem to have been designed to be interesting (or difficult, if you prefer)...
Kagaya has used the famous Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia as an unusual setting for a personal view of the Milky Way.
Born in Saitama (just north of Tokyo) in 1968, Kagaya spent his childhood in wonderment of the stars in the sky, and never stopped painting them. He has had a successful career as an illustrator for astronomical books and magazines, and many of his works have been turned into jigsaw puzzles, among other products. Since 1996, he has worked exclusively in the digital medium, using a Macintosh. Perhaps that is why he does not appear to sign his pictures.
He goes by his family name; his given name appears to be Yutaka, but in English you will also find him called Joh Kagaya (Jô is the Chinese reading of his name).
This is a glow-in-the-dark puzzle.
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The famous Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia again, this time at night. The surface layer of water provides this amazing mirror effect, so practically every piece is dark purple with either stars or reflections of stars!
This is a glow-in-the-dark puzzle.
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Once the site of a wartime aerodrome, this hill is now in a seaside park, covered with these pretty blue flowers. It means that most of the puzzle pieces will be blue, of one shade or another...
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