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Japanese Craftsman Skillfully Restores Old Book To Near Mint Condition

If you’ve ever regretted that a treasured a book was falling apart, and then you’ll enjoy seeing how this Japanese craftsman skillfully restored a tattered 1,000-page dictionary to near perfect condition. An episode of the Japanese show titled Shuri; Bakaseru displayed Nobuo Okano, an artisan who practices in old books. During the 10-minute-long segment, he shows how the well-loved English-Japanese dictionary was brought back to life. It has had quite a history and served the owner from his junior high years through his adult life. Now that his daughter is entering college, he wants to pass the book along to her.

via Demilked

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