Hanayama Toy Co. began life in the mid-1930s as a manufacturer and retailer of traditional games, indoor pursuits and other toys, and from the very beginning has placed great emphasis on creative ideas, good quality and friendly service.
More than seventy years later, Hanayama continues to make board games, puzzles and bingo games as well as this wonderful range of cast metal puzzles that are guaranteed to be the life of the party at family gatherings for people of all ages.
Not only was this range of cast puzzles chosen for our website because because of the attention to detail in manufacture but also because Hanayama suitably acknowledges and credits the inventors of these ingenious puzzles. These are original metal puzzles made with the permission of the inventors not unauthorised copies.
These cast metal puzzles are divided into six levels of difficulty; but don't think you'll start with the most difficult. Don't dismiss level 1 puzzles like the Hook or the Loop out of hand as without challenge. And level 4 metal puzzles like Marble have taken experienced puzzlers hours to master. Take on the level 6 Elk, Nutcase or the NEW Square and others at your peril.
Read more details about the Hanayama Japanese cast puzzle philosophy here....
You don't have to return later and ask for the solution. We've been supplying the official printed solutions from Hanayama with the puzzles since February 2006. Not offered as standard by other sellers.
DISCOUNTED SETS at the bottom of this page. The only seller when you can choose the puzzles in your discounted set of 6 or 12. Not standard sets. Choose your own combination of puzzles for your set.
Brian at the Hanayama Stall at the 2010 Tokyo Toy Fair. Left: Demonstrating puzzles here is Mr Hirano, now retired. Previously he had a very famous puzzle stall at the Asakusa Subway Station for many years and is well know to many puzzlers around the world. Right: With George Miller and Oskar van Deventner and wife Josie. Oskar has invented many puzzles for Hanayama and others.
The puzzle is to separate the 4 pieces of the two rings. Yes 4 not 2. Even thought the puzzle looks like 2 cast Donuts intertwined together. There is almost no movement in the puzzle. The two donuts will spin within each other but the parts of each donut will barely move. Or will they?
Hanayama puzzles come packaged with a printed solution. Not offered as standard by other sellers.
Even though these are just new we still offer them as part of our discounted sets of 6 or 12 Hanayama puzzles.
It may appear to be a box like lump with a hole in the middle but it's really two coiled up, virtually identical pieces. The challenge is to take the two pieces apart by sliding and rotating them.
The puzzles is to try to separate the two H's that are locked together. As the name suggests this cast metal puzzle consists of two pieces shaped like the letter H.
The puzzle is to separate the four pieces from each other then put them back together again. Four pieces of the same shape are loosely interlocked to make the puzzle. The pieces fit loosely together and it seems they should be easy to take apart.
Can you separate the 'Adam' and 'Eve' loops from the heart? Of course, this is only half the puzzle... don't forget you have to put it back the same way you found it to say you've actually done the puzzle.
The puzzle is to try to get the three pieces apart and then back together again. To the people at Hanayama it looked like a strange adornment weaved into a "coiffure" design.
This puzzle, utilising pieces resembling equipment used in the sport of cricket, can be traced back to a puzzle patented in England back in 1898. The world's only remaining original version of this puzzle is part of the personal collection of James Dalgety in England.
Can you separate the three links of the chain and then get it back together again? What's special about this puzzle is that it can be solved three different ways, depending on which of the three pieces has been chosen as the middle link.
Can you take it apart? Can you assemble it again? Getting the two parts of the loop back together again will be much trickier than you might think. The puzzle comes on a leather thong so that you can use is as a pendant – it certainly makes a baffling piece of jewellery.
Created by the young Finnish puzzle designer Vesa Timonen. The key word is "Synthesis".
This cube is actually a maze from which you have to remove the segment of a sphere. The segment inside can be moved around but how to find the 14 set moves, in order, to remove it from the cube? There are many reviewers, including Rik van Grol writing in CFF Magazine, who believe this puzzle warrants a rating even higher than Level 3 out of 6.
The puzzle is to separate the four pieces from each other then put them back together again. Even when you think you've almost got it there's another secret to unlock... and then there's the problem of putting it back together.
The three pieces of this puzzle just slide apart, you don't need to force them. Can you work out the twisting movement required to achieve this and to then get them back together again?
The object of this brilliant cast metal puzzle is to take the two interlocked loops apart and take them out of the surrounding planet like structure, then get the puzzle back together again. The puzzle was designed for Hanayama by Oskar van Deventner of The Netherlands and released in 2008.
This puzzle is one of these rare puzzles revived in it's new form. The key of the puzzle is decisively navigating its labyrinth, in which exists one point of weakness for you to break through. For the indecisive part of you!
This puzzle has such a beautiful shape that it could easily be mistaken for a piece of jewelry. Its surface features extremely unusual cuts; actually, this marble is a puzzle that can be broken up into 4 pieces. This advanced design is the creation of Bram Cohen & Oskar van Deventner. If you succeed in breaking up the marble, carefully examine the surface of the sections of each piece. The theme of this puzzle is "Sphere."
Two ancient looking medals engraved with a flowing river and a swimming salmon. Will you be able to retrieve the ring the salmon holds in its mouth? This puzzle was designed by British puzzle creator, James Dalgety, after the legend of the Ring and the Salmon, which figures on the coat of arms of Glasgow City. The theme of this puzzle is "Legend."
There are two goals to the Cast Nutcase created by the Dutch puzzle inventor, Oskar van Deventner. 1. Remove the small nut by disassembling the Cast Nutcase. 2. Cast puzzle enthusiasts (some call them nutcases) can enjoy trying to change the wording on the bolt from "nut-case" to "case-nut".
Separate the 4 pieces of the puzzle. True bonds has always been hard to form, but once formed such bonds are eternal and hard to break. The inventor Uyematsu says that his original version was created with this image in his mind, but the puzzle was completed into a cast puzzle with a bond that is truly difficult to unravel. How would you go about breaking and forming this bond? There are two approaches to this puzzle and we challenge you to both!
The Radix puzzle is known for both it's monumental looks and somewhat organic styling and movement. The entire unit gives off an air of antique wisdom, the pieces joined at the base in chaotic harmony.
The five separate rings can be taken apart and put back together again to form a very large ring. The ring is a puzzle, not meant to be worn as jewellery. The diameter is 30mm.
Can you separate the five pieces of the 3D jigsaw and then get them back together again? At first glance the pieces do not seem as though they are un-lockable. If you do get them apart there's a whole new problem for you to get them back together again.
DISCOUNTED SETS. Choose any 6 of the Hanayama cast metal puzzles from our range and get $1.00 off each puzzle. Tick 6 boxes out of the 25 in any combination you want to make up your discounted set. Yes, the choice of what's in the set is yours! Click here for a page with one large photo of all the puzzles.
DISCOUNTED SETS. Choose any 12 of the Hanayama cast metal puzzles from our range and get a huge $18.00 discount; that's $1.50 off each puzzle. Tick 12 boxes out of the 25 in any combination you want to make up your discounted set. Yes, the choice of what's in the set is yours! Click here for a page with one large photo of all the puzzles.
The object is to separate the two parts - N E W S. The level of difficulty is very high because it's very difficult to work out the solution to the puzzle. Once done the puzzle is not difficult to memorise.
Can you take the three pieces of the puzzle apart? Can you get the puzzle back together again? There are three interwoven pieces to the puzzle. Can you separate each piece of the puzzle?
Mr Puzzle - We've got puzzles! 
Hanayama Toy Co. began life in the mid-1930s as a manufacturer and retailer of traditional games, indoor pursuits and other toys, and from the very beginning has placed great emphasis on creative ideas, good quality and friendly service. 
