There's an episode of Witch Hunter Robin where Robin is sitting a child for the day, a little girl. The girl makes a dorodango - a perfect sphere of mud - that shines. The explanation for the shine in the show is that the girl is a witch.
Apparently Japanese children have been making dorodango for generations. But more recently a professor, Fumio Kayo of the Kyoto University of Education, has been teaching children to make shining balls of mud (hikaru dorodango), originally as a study into the psychology of children's play and encouraging creativity in kids. And people of all ages seem to have become fascinated with them.
And it is an extraordinary idea. It's a kind of alchemy: turning earth - something rough - into something approaching perfection, through a process of constant refinement. Better than gold.
For those interested in giving it a try, there are instructions for making hikaru dorodango here.
Apparently Japanese children have been making dorodango for generations. But more recently a professor, Fumio Kayo of the Kyoto University of Education, has been teaching children to make shining balls of mud (hikaru dorodango), originally as a study into the psychology of children's play and encouraging creativity in kids. And people of all ages seem to have become fascinated with them.
And it is an extraordinary idea. It's a kind of alchemy: turning earth - something rough - into something approaching perfection, through a process of constant refinement. Better than gold.
For those interested in giving it a try, there are instructions for making hikaru dorodango here.
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