Hi All, Back in 90's When I was a child and I was living with my parents in Japan, a very exciting Origami Contest Broadcasted in TV. My parents recorded the program on a VHS tape and I do remember watching that several times later when we came back to Iran. It's probably more than 5 years since last time I watched it so I do have a very fade memory about it. last couple of months I was looking for that tape and I couldn't find it, Perhaps we have lost the tape.
A quick search on the internet turned out that the program was a contest from "TV Champion" Show and they had some other Origami contests afterwards. The only information I found about the the contest I was looking for, was the below piece from Joseph Wu's Origami Page: "Joseph Wu has reported seeing the second Origami championship broadcast by > TV Tokyo in September 1996. The were five contestants and the competition > started with an event that tested the contestants ability to think quickly > and fold quickly. A syllable was chosen at the beginning, and the first > person had five minutes to folding something that started with the > syllable. The next person had to make something starting with the last > syllable of the object folded by the previous person. The next event was to > fold a life sized ant based on a live subject. The next event called for > the contestants to build a unit Origami Tower of two metres that could > stand for five seconds. The final event was to make a diarama based on one > large model folded from a 5 metre square. The winner of this TV > championship Origami contest was HOJYO Takashi." Does any other member here know how and where can I find the show? I also tried to contact tv-tokyo/Terebi-champion through their website but I couldn't find the contact section. Any other piece of information regarding that show, Including Other members or perhaps photos are also appreciated! With all the best, - Ali
