The fukubukuro tradition originated in Tokyo during the Edo period. The owner of the "Echigoya" kimono store came up with the idea of preparing bags in which kimono fabric was arranged. The bags sold so well that they were imitated all over the city, before the tradition spread to the whole country, and to other types of articles. Today, you can buy golf sets in a fukubukuro, as well as electronic equipment and jewelry... For the record, the most expensive fukubukuro in history was sold in a jewelry store in Tokyo's Ginza district, for the modest sum of 1.7 million euros !