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A was originally a square wooden box used to measure rice in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 during the feudal period. Masu existed in many sizes, typically covering the range from one to
Japanese units of measurement

is the traditional Japanese Systems of measurement. The name shakkanho originates from the name of two of the Units of measurement, the shaku, a unit of length, and the kan, a mass measurement....
 (??? ittomasu, c. 18L) to five go (??? gogomasu, c. 0.9L).

Today masu are largely used for drinking sake
Sake

Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.This beverage is called sake in English, but in Japanese language, sake or Honorific speech in Japanese refers to alcoholic drinks in general....
, as the advent of modern rice cooker
Rice cooker

A rice cooker or rice steamer is a device used primarily for cooking rice. There are self-contained electrical appliance versions, as well as microwave oven and natural gas variants....
s and a higher calorie diet in Japan has made them impractical for measuring portions of rice, and the standard size is one go, or 0.18039L.








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A was originally a square wooden box used to measure rice in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 during the feudal period. Masu existed in many sizes, typically covering the range from one to
Japanese units of measurement

is the traditional Japanese Systems of measurement. The name shakkanho originates from the name of two of the Units of measurement, the shaku, a unit of length, and the kan, a mass measurement....
 (??? ittomasu, c. 18L) to five go (??? gogomasu, c. 0.9L).

Today masu are largely used for drinking sake
Sake

Sake is a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.This beverage is called sake in English, but in Japanese language, sake or Honorific speech in Japanese refers to alcoholic drinks in general....
, as the advent of modern rice cooker
Rice cooker

A rice cooker or rice steamer is a device used primarily for cooking rice. There are self-contained electrical appliance versions, as well as microwave oven and natural gas variants....
s and a higher calorie diet in Japan has made them impractical for measuring portions of rice, and the standard size is one go, or 0.18039L.

Origami

There is an origami
Origami

is the traditional Japanese art of paper folding. The goal of this art is to create a representation of an object using geometric folds and crease patterns preferably without the use of gluing or cutting the paper, and using only one piece of paper....
 object that is called a "Masu Box" that can be created from a perfectly square piece of paper using the following instructions:

Step 01 Step 02 Step 03 Step 04 Step 05
Origami Masu Box Step 01
Origami Masu Box Step 02
Origami Masu Box Step 03
Origami Masu Box Step 04
Origami Masu Box Step 05
Crease and Return Fold tops to centre, this is called a blinz fold after a Jewish pastry Fold sides to centre and return Open two corners Fold sides to centre
Step 06 Step 07 Step 08 Step 09 Step 10
Origami Masu Box Step 06
Origami Masu Box Step 07
Origami Masu Box Step 08
Origami Masu Box Step 09
Origami Masu Box Step 10
Lift both sides and one end of the model so it becomes 3D Fold flap to centre raise end Fold flap to centre Complete


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