The mountain "Gassan (月山)", ski season starts from May, because it is too heavy snow in the wintertime. In such a severe place, Mr Miura Kazuyuki makes beautiful papers alone silently. The workshop name "Sampo" means "stroll around".
He learnt Washi-making at Ogawa training centre. After that, he moved to this place, where Washi-making was almost disappearing. He learnt this place's Washi additionally from the local old artisan.
His paper is loved by many Japanese traditional painters. And he also makes beautiful Benihana(紅花) flower petals paper, which is the representative flower of the prefecture.