Although there are many Washi making districts, this is the definitely heaviest snow place. Sometimes it snows a couple of meters in one night.
Because there is few sun-shine through winter, therefore they keep the wet paper stacking under the snow until April, quite unique method "Kangure". They start drying the paper under the spring sun. The paper is surely like the original old Washi.
Mr Kobayashi Yasuo has a credo, "How we can revive the wildlife in the paper for the 30th century". He is definitely one of the representative of Washi artisans.