Ukraine's prime minister Fumio Kishida gifted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a wooden hissho shamoji rice scoop believed to bring victory and an origami-shaped lamp representing peace during his visit to Kyiv on March 21.
On March 23rd, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on March 23 that Kishida supported Mr. Zelenskyy and his desire for peace.
Sports fans bring them to baseball and soccer stadiums to encourage victory for their teams, because shamoji are used to serve cooked rice. They are quite common in Hiroshima Prefecture, where Kishida represents a constituency.
Shamoji was also shown to praise brave warriors who captured enemies like scooping up rice.
The word hissho victory and Kishida's signature appeared on the one given to Zelenskyy.
The lamp depicted the colorful paper cranes offered at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to pray for victims of the 1945 atomic bombing of the city and express wishes for world peace.
The lampshade given to Zelenskyy was hand-made by Hiroshima potters in the traditional Miyajima osuna-yaki style.