Awaji-island (淡路島), according to Japan myth, this is the first island of Japan. It has more than 1000 years of papermaking history. After the big bridge was built in 1998, it became very convenient accessing from the big city Kobe and Osaka. However, in the deep mountain area, there still are silent farmer's villages. In such a sleeping village, Mr Okuda Yoshiharu is running a small workshop. He uses only local material around his house, half-wild Kozo and the other plants. So, his production volume is quite small. His working style is not sophisticated, just based on the traditional way, carefully and faithfully. The paper is "idyllic" atmosphere like himself.