In Many Manufacturing Processes,

scraps of material are inevitably left over, 

leather craftsman Noriki Okada realszed this and decided to create a sustainably-minded randoseru using scrap parts discarded from the production process, in case you are wondering a randoseru is a Japanese backpack, typically reserved for schoolchildren, 

 bearing in mind the scraps were small, Okada, who works for Nagoya-based randoseru manufacturer Murase Kabano, said he wanted to make a backpack that would make children feel strong and brave, working with the small scraps the artisan employed colours and styles inspired by samurai armour,

the sides incorporate intimidating faces of oni demons,

 think Onibaba (鬼婆, lit. Demon Hag), it is a 1964 Japanese historical drama horror film, written and directed by Kaneto Shindo, the film is set during a civil war in the fourteenth century, Nobuko Otowa and Jitsuko Yoshimura play two women who kill soldiers to steal their possessions, and one, the mother, appears to conjure up a demon, I have featured a few highlights from the scroll (see the whole thing complete here), the digitisation of which appears to have come from the International Research Center for Japanese Studies – Yokai Database, I should say we have watched the film a couple of times, back to the randoseru, black, red and brown are colours typically worn by samurai and are incorporated on the bags,

the randoseru was entered into this year’s Japan Leather Awards and won the artistic design award. You can purchase one on the company website, so to send your child off to school happy with his/her back pack have 500,000 yen at the ready, at today's rate £2,622.00, or $3,338.79, thank goodness mugging is not a way of life in Japan!