MN- Mino Washi
Mino is one of the oldest and biggest Washi production districts, was listed on the UNESCO world heritage in 2014. The one of the oldest remaining paper in Japan is…
OW- Ogawa Washi
The Musashi country, current Saitama prefecture, has long paper making history since the 7th century. Although there were many villages for Washi production, at this moment the area of Ogawa…
SC-30 Inaka Kougei Kan
SC-30 Inaka Kougei Kan
Ms Kashiwagi Kazue is a very cute lady aged 84. She is making washi at the public facility provided by the Kawai village. For her long contribution to Washi, she…
SC- Sanchū Shi
The name Sanchū means “in the mountain”, here is definitely surrounded by mountains. In the winter season, there is heavy snow. So, people have been utilizing snow for Washi making.…
NU- Nishinouchi Washi
There are more than 1000 years of Washi history in Hitachi (current Ibaraki pref.), Nishinouchi was one of the main production sites. Mito government, one of the three major part…
IY- Iyo Gami
Iyo Washi history is not very old, roughly said since the 1750s. They had produced Kozo paper same to other districts in the beginning period. In late 19c, the "Improved…
NJ-01 Baba Seishisho
NJ- Najio Washi
Najio is located near to big city Kobe, just behind the Rokko Mountains (六甲山). The representative paper is made from local material, Gampi and Rokko mountain clay. It has won…
GD-30 Gundō shi house
GD-30 Gundō-Shi House
"The Gundō Washi history started just after the big war in 1615 (The siege of Osaka in Summer = The end of Toyotomi clan) by the fugitive warriors. Because of…
YT-01 Yatsuo Washi / Keijusha
There were almost 500 paper-makers alongside Ida River in Yatsuo town 100 years ago. This province “Ecchu” was famous as medicine production. The Ecchu-washi was grown with medicine business, like…
WK-01 Wakasa Washi House
WK-01 Wakasa Washi House
The introduction of this workshop is in re-writing. Coming soon. PAPERS DESTRICT INFO WORKSHOP INFO ARTISANS PAPERS DESTRICT INFO Code WK Name Wakasa Washi (若狭和紙) Another Name Obama Gami (小浜紙)…