Taro's Origami Studio

10/10/2026

📺 Taro’s Origami Studio Asakusa was featured on Japanese TV! ✨

Earlier this year, SBC Shin-etsu Broadcasting visited our Asakusa Studio for their program “Sustainable Uppii.”

SBC announcer Keiko Nakazawa explored the studio, discovered origami works by our artists in Japan and the US, and took on two origami challenges herself: Mt. Fuji ⛰️ and an advanced origami rose! 🌹

The segment also introduced how “Origami” has spread around the world, from education to new forms of artistic expression.

We’ve shared more about the TV feature on our blog!
🔗 Check the link in our bio 🙌

10/07/2026

A wonderful day of origami in Tokyo!🇯🇵
Our Asakusa Studio team hosted an origami workshop for a large event in Tokyo.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and shared the joy of folding together!
We’re always happy to see how origami can bring people together across cultures and languages✨

Thank you to our amazing team for making it happen!

09/27/2026

Something big is taking shape at our Asakusa Studio...! 👀🦖

Our artist Shido (酒谷志動 ), an expert in complex origami, is currently working on a full T-Rex skeleton made from 21 sheets of origami paper.

Still a work in progress — we’ll share more as it comes together!😁

09/19/2026

New on our website: The Story Behind SOAR 🕊️

We’ve shared the finished installation — now take a look behind the scenes at how SOAR came to life!

Our new blog post follows the project from months of preparation in Brooklyn to the on-site installation across three spaces at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano, Texas, the unveiling celebration, and Taro Yaguchi’s giant origami performance.

SOAR was also featured by several local media outlets in North Texas, including WFAA ABC 8, Plano Star Courier, and DFW NBC 5🙌

Read the full story here:
https://www.tarosorigami.com/plano-soar-bird-installation-in-texas/

Taro's Origami Brings SOAR to Life The 6-Month Origami Project Took Flight in Plano, Texas After more than six months of design, testing, folding, engineering, and preparation, the SOAR origami installation at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano, Texas, finally left the ground. The project, created...

09/16/2026

SOAR is now complete at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano, Texas! 🕊️

Over 2,000 hand-folded origami birds now soar through three different spaces throughout the church.

After months of preparation in Brooklyn and installation work on site in Texas, we’re excited to finally share some photos of the completed installation. 🕊️✨

More stories from behind the scenes and the opening celebration are coming soon!

09/11/2026

✨ SOAR is complete!🕊️✨

We’re excited to finally share the completed SOAR installation at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano, Texas.

After months of designing, folding, and preparing in Brooklyn, followed by the installation process on site in Texas, over 2,000 hand-folded origami birds are now soaring through the church’s spaces.

We’ve shared some behind-the-scenes moments along the way, and now we can finally show you the finished installation.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped bring this project to life!

Watch the completed SOAR installation on instagram🕊️✨

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdEZk24CkDo/?stkn=Mnk4Z2VlM3d4cGk4

09/04/2026

The local news came by to cover our installation
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The paper origami exhibit is intended to encourage contemplation at...

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

Installation is now underway at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano, Texas.

After months of design, folding, engineering, and preparation, our team is now turning the vision into reality — carefully positioning and suspending thousands of hand-folded doves and cardinals throughout the Sanctuary.

There is still a lot of work ahead, and this is not the finished installation yet. But everything is progressing well, and with each day, the flocks are beginning to take shape.

It has been especially exciting to watch the space transform — from an empty Sanctuary, to the rigging and net system, to hundreds of individual birds gradually taking flight above the congregation.

More to come as we continue the installation in Texas.

Still a work in progress. But SOAR is beginning to fly.

09/02/2026

✨ SOAR is taking shape in Plano, Texas!🕊️

After months of preparation, our team is now on site at St. Andrew Methodist Church in Plano, Texas, bringing our latest large-scale origami installation, “SOAR,” to life.

Created in celebration of St. Andrew’s 40th anniversary, SOAR features more than 2,400 hand-folded origami birds installed across three different spaces within the church.

From designing the installation and folding thousands of birds in Brooklyn to transporting everything to Texas, this has been a major project for our team — and we’re excited to finally see it coming together on site.

The project was also recently featured in Plano Magazine, a local publication covering the Plano, Texas community. Thank you to Plano Magazine for sharing the story behind SOAR!

📰 Read the article:
https://planomagazine.com/st-andrew-soar-installation/

We’re not revealing the finished installation just yet, but we’ll be sharing more behind-the-scenes moments as the installation progresses.

Stay tuned for the final reveal! ✨

The installation, called SOAR, will feature doves and cardinals suspended throughout the church's three worship spaces through January 2027.