The New Rage in Japan Is Polishing Foil Balls To Perfection And The Result Is Extremely Satisfying

By Andrew Alpin, 2 April 2018

9It may be tedious

The task itself may look tedious because it might even make you bored off depending on your nature to remain preoccupied with mundane things. 

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10But just keep on

By now if you are wondering what is making the Japanese so obsessed over a shiny ball, then perhaps it’s the act of creating that perfected metal ball from crumpled aluminium is like an obsession and Japanese are obsessed over perfection.

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11When it is finished

The task will most probably finish after a million repeats of hammering and polishing but to get it perfectly round you may have to keep on hitting and polishing till the curvature is accurate and perfect ball-shaped.

 

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12The final product

This is what the finished ball should actually look like and if you loved such things when young then you’ll understand the joy of having something like this. It’s much like having that perfect marble for your knick-knack collection. 

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