Paper Cranes in Japan

This itsy-bitsy piece of information came from a book by Chinese author An Dun (安顿) titled 情证今生: 当代中国人情感口述实录之三 (Love Promised in this Life: A Verbal Account of Contemporary Chinese Love and Relations, Volume 3).

According to anecdotal evidence, every time a course of medication is completed, Japanese would fold the paper containing the medicine into a paper crane.

By doing so, it is hoped that the illness will be taken away, and hope and happiness delivered.