This is an amazing gift i just received for my birthday. It looks just like a wooden box, and lots of people can find that not interesting at all, but it’s actually an Himitsu-Bako, a typical japanese puzzle-box that may be opened only with the application of a combination of moves on its pieces.

Here is a video that shows what is that like:

Of course this is not something that will always prevent anyone to get what’s inside, since the box can be easily broken down with an hammer hit, or smashed into pieces against something hard, and still the combinations of moves for the pieces are not too many to try if having a long time. But if who may want to open don’t want to break it or don’t want the owner to know the box has been opened, and can’t try many combinations, it’s pretty effective. Obviously publishing a video showing how to open this one is not the best way to ensure it won’t be opened, but i really like this object, and i want to share something about that.

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