By YUSUKE ISHIMURA/ Staff Writer
October 25, 2019 at 07:00 JST
How to connect stubs with Tsunago: (1) Insert a stub’s back end into a hole on Tsunago for shaving; (2) A hollow is made at the back edge; (3) The front end of another stub is shaved in another hole; (4) The sharpened edge is finished in the third hole; (5) The hollowed stub and sharpened one are connected to create a single long pencil. (The Asahi Shimbun)
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