MARC WEBER TOBIAS AT IZUMIYA IN HAKONE JAPAN.mp4

Japanese puzzle boxes were developed 150 years ago to store worker's tools in boxes that had no locks and could not be opened without knowing the intricate sequence of sliding panels. We use them for teaching security concepts to both kids and engineers. Watch the video with Kenji Nakazato in Hakone, Japan. He is one of the designers of these boxes and works with the Izumiya company. Hakone is west of Tokyo and is one of the only places in the world that produces these works of art. Each box takes about a month to produce. See my article on Forbes about puzzle boxes.

[@jimhood1202]

I was recommended this video after watching a number of puzzle videos from Mr Puzzle and Chris Ramsay. This is a level of construction so far above the average offering that's it's difficult to comprehend. To open this box without instruction or prior experience is close to impossible. Fabulous work from someone at the very pinnacle of his craft.

[@tabbiesRred]

one of the best!!! craft vids evah~ thanks for highlighting this inspiring and beautiful work!

[@newmanhyde]

after opening u realise the tool is in the other box

[@kanpostudios8347]

Craftsmanship at its finest. Honors to Mr. Kenji Nakazato.

[@streemu3080]

WARNING. Do not store your inhalers or heart medicine in these boxes.

[@didanyonethinkofthis]

***** They were, but you seem desperately obnoxious.

[@stemikger]

***** Naa, you just don't have a sense of humor. You grabby old man!

[@dr_knots]

+Cmax hahaha damn did you come up with all of those? that's funny

[@SpectatingHorse]

So many intricate details probably went into crafting these tiny boxes. I would have a blast trying to figure these puzzles out.

[@markstafford6357]

I have a small Hakone box with about 10 moves to open it and it has remained shut for more years than i can remember !!! I will give it another go right now !!!

[@lilyrandall5953]

Wow this may be one of the most unique and interesting things i've ever watched!! now i want to go to japan and buy a bnuch of puzzle boxes!!!

[@ErikHoevenberg]

I prefer puzzle boxes that can be opened by mortals

[@jencgold]

Erik Hoevenberg 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cinosxued]

I'd love to see how these are built, that must take some crazy memorization.

[@mattdias3412]

Hold on, i just need to get my weed out of here real quick

[@AlexBlate]

Amazing. Any references to more information on these boxes? Or cut-away diagrams? :) Thanks, Marc!

[@almesuvi]

Una verdadera obra de arte,increible el diseño y que terminacion de maderas

[@forteentwelve]

Shooot!I WANT TO GO TO THAT STORE RIGHT NOW!!!

[@PhillySmithy]

You remind me of peter griffin when you pronounce the Japanese names xD

[@whatyousaidbud]

Sorry I was late starting work, I was opening my tool box till lunch, and dont even get me started on my fucking lunch box!

[@RPRosen-ki2fk]

So then I take it, you spend the time from after lunch till the time you go home ... locking your tool box back up? Where do I apply?

[@Caligula138]

Amazing

[@a.cgilbert633]

I put a winning lottery ticket in one of these for safekeeping. By the time I got the ticket out it had expired!

[@josephbrauer2573]

Wow !

[@Teesipes]

of course i love japan !!!!!!

[@whippoorwill1124]

I ordered one of these but I haven't been able to open the package it came in.

[@concibar4267]

Do Puzzle boxes have "bugs" sometimes in the form that there are additional ways to open them that were not thought of before? :D

[@TheJmerkwa]

thanks for showing his name on the puzzle boxes so i could google and find his online website vs some middle man and pay over 100 bucks more.

[@zoesdada8923]

J Merkin share

[@Harkhoost]

Zoes Dada yosegijapan.com/

[@whatyousaidbud]

That little shape shifting creature on the transformers film would be screwed if it shape shifted into a box like these!

[@tstuff]

That's not a tool box. Its a torture device. Honestly, do you clock in before opening your tool box or after?

[@Kaodusanya]

in middle school i forgot the lock key code to my locker. Dunno why knew it the day before and forgot the day after. Never actually got back into it, I don't remember if I left stuff in it or took everything home. these boxes are too much for me

[@etiennerivest7832]

No clue about re-closing the box... Is it more straightforward?

[@rob5687]

At that point is that last box really fun? It just seems like an internet test remember these 200+ moves to open.

[@gpang788]

They should design first aid boxes like this

[@leath25]

Loved the second box wonder how much?

[@cloverking1717]

There is literally in hell I could do the last puzzle, unless I'm in a padded white room

[@alaouchicheabdellah4986]

personally i prefer locks. do u imagine you need something from the box to give it to a friend, it s like come back next week the time i open that thing.

[@pascalyung1406]

niceeee

[@More-Space-In-Ear]

One hammer coming up cos I've already forgotten the first move!!... 😜

[@jirojosephesman8175]

I found one but I don't know what name it is? its 7 moves ,two sided art (boat ,a hut,mt.fuji)the other one was a bird...I open it in 15 min but my so no pen it in less that 3-4 mins and we both don't know how I was grateful...thank you for the video...

[@largol33t1]

8:18 - For a second, I thought he had forgotten the pattern! Wonder how much practice and trial/error it takes to BUILD these so that the blocks move with enough precision to require that kind of accuracy...

[@ChrisNochance]

I'd LOVE to know how that last box was made...

[@TURK_182]

How could you memorize that? It would be extremely difficult even with an instruction book! How do you close it? Do you have to do all those movements in reverse?

[@Al-ny8dk]

I kept some jewels in a box like that thinking no-one would be able to get in. They stole the box.

[@JohnSmith-or7re]

Time you open the box and get your tools out it would time to go home.

[@Midinette-bu2xq]

The box. You opened it. We came.

[@mnthailand]

Hellraiser fan.. lol

[@David-fv7zg]

That 3rd box appears that he forgot the sequence. It took 7 min to open, about 5 min were attempts and fails.

[@dynamicautotech90]

I'll cry in rush just to know what inside the box

[@elenhgreek1000]

almost 15 minutes to open a box that you made? I just got tired of watching him try it, for someone else? is insane

[@soro31337]

Just by opening the box you will increase your IQ... I need more of those boxes

[@outsideiskrrtinsideihurt699]

Does Mr. Kenji have a website?

[@ApertureLabs]

Wow he did good

[@jorgedesantiago9580]

I wish I had one...

[@corruptgold5226]

I feel like a puzzle box with 1500 moves needs a few move shortcut to open just in case

[@frequencydecline5250]

..i don't know...these sorts of things remind me more of tedious boxes rather than puzzle boxes

[@streemu3080]

A box so complicated that you can't even keep stuff in it.

[@danielvaldecantos3629]

you can order them online

[@aceventura1645]

So is he part of the karakuri creation group?

[@fjedediah]

I thought you said Izumiwa ( instead of IZUMIYA)

[@markstafford6357]

It was 12 moves and I have done it !!!

[@Judgedredd1973]

I could probably do a 3 moves box.

[@sharkweek44]

And then finding theres nothing in the box OMGGGGG...

[@sangReality]

i doubt they actually kept tools in those boxes, turning them around so many times would have made for a very short shelf-life... amirite

[@mindstormmaster]

IS-OO-ME-WA

[@norbs]

They come with instructions, but they are written in Japanese.

[@josemondaca2780]

no hermano si tengo que habrir esa caja pierdo el avion,

[@Andy81m]

Nice geocache. After a week you have 7 dead body's on the cache. After 2 years not an only single log. Up in the tree it's a 5/5. It's more a 10/5.

[@KurizuKurizu]

AndreasZollner ART What the fuck

[@fullsavage5376]

these boxes seam easy

[@ciccioneberry3999]

But if you are in a hurry? do you have to take something from the box? ...... I don't see how it could be useful. And if they steal it? they are not there to try to open it .... they break it!

[@dr_knots]

where I keep my cash when I ride with friends through a drive through. "hold on guys let me open my cash box" hahaha

[@user-pk6nt8od1v]

если там ключи от дома, бухой точно не попадешь

[@federicosioc746]

its a lunchbox

[@zakmclaughlin8450]

dang it took the make five mins to open it

[@zakmclaughlin8450]

maker

[@fedeaecheAhotmailcom]

jajajaja, anti robo, jajaja, lo atornillas a la pared, hasta que la habrió el ladrón ,,, esta en la cárcel por intento de robo. (intento) muy bueno y lindo,

[@b.freddyhu5864]

DID HE SAY UP TO 1500 ????????????

[@AlexTran]

i need a hammer

[@onoratorosario2904]

good, good, bis ... and then ?? better that that box does not happen to me

[@kink_]

can help me

[@andrelopez6279]

Se imaģinan tener guardada una pistola en una cajita de esa del japones y te esten asaltando ,

[@marcuschavez9800]

Hi

[@marcuschavez9800]

Well hello

[@donnosek3098]

well...you..could just...smash it

[@majorkonfuzion1007]

Absolutely smashing old chap

[@eevagirl]

@0:59 too much talking

[@nulnoh219]

Keep tools?! damn expensive tools... I reckon porn more like.

[@thomaslotito380]

Frustrating. I could see six to ten moves anything more most people would smash the box for it contents.

[@jamesanagnos6123]

Hammer time lmfao

[@fmoghim]

Open it by hammer 🔨 😂

[@Billy_Dino]

Rather open with a hammer lol

[@thatsmesothere]

shuttup and take my money

[@DupczacyBawol]

Dlaczego bedąc z Japoni zadajesz mu głupcze pytania po angielsku?

[@jencgold]

Wow!!!