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This puzzle appeared at the UQ Mobile store at Shibuya Scramble Square:

マッチ棒でできた六角形にマッチ棒を
3本追加して正方形を6つ作りなさい
Add 3 matches to this (a regular hexagon made out of 6 matches) to produce 6 squares.

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Add three matches like this

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Now it looks like a cube which has 6 square faces.

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