Another field trip! This time to the Teruhisa Kitahara Tin Toy Museum in Yokohama, where I go in search of a very special toy. It's a tin Jeep, made by Japanese craftspeople in the months after World War II. It's the same one whose story anchors the first chapter of Pure Invention, and for good reason: Japan's rise as an economic superpower began right here, with a humble toy made of scavenged tin.

Visit the Tin Toy Museum!
http://www.toysclub.co.jp/

Here is Mr. Kitahara's amazing YouTube channel:    / @kitaharacollectionchannel  

And for much, much more about this Jeep, and other Japanese toys, check out "Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World":
https://www.pureinventionbook.com/

And the Pure Invention newsletter:
https://blog.pureinventionbook.com

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