This undated handout picture released by Japan’s printing giant Toppan Printing on March 13, 2013 shows the company’s printed book next to a needle tip. The 22-page micro-book, entitled “Shiki no Kusabana” (flowers of seasons), contains names and monochrome illustrations of Japanese flowers such as the cherry and the plum, impossible to read with theContinue reading “JAPAN-PRINTING-BOOK-GUINNESS”
This undated handout picture released by Japan’s printing giant Toppan Printing on March 13, 2013 shows the company’s printed book next to a needle tip. The 22-page micro-book, entitled “Shiki no Kusabana” (flowers of seasons), contains names and monochrome illustrations of Japanese flowers such as the cherry and the plum, impossible to read with the naked eye. The book is on display at Toppan’s Printing Museum in Tokyo, and is on sale for, together with a magnifying glass and a larger copy, for 29,400 yen (307 USD). Toppan said it would be applying to Guinness World Records to claim the title of world’s smallest book, currently held by a 0.9 mm volume published in Russia. AFP PHOTO / TOPPAN PRINTING —EDITORS NOTE—HANDOUT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / TOPPAN PRINTING” – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
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