Echizen City in Fukui Prefecture is a major center for washi paper production. There, papermaker Igarashi Masami created "Food Paper," combining produce like potatoes or onions – mainly ...
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Japan's Emperor Naruhito, experienced making traditional handmade Japanese paper crafts at a workshop in the southwestern prefecture of Saga on Saturday.
ECHIZEN, Fukui Prefecture--A “grand experiment” has kicked off here to preserve manga paintings for 1,000 years using special “washi” paper from the town. The aim is to determine for how ...
The capital of Shimane Prefecture, in western Japan, is Matsue, which is located between Lake Shinji and Lake Nakaumi with access to the Sea of Japan and the Ohashi River. It is therefore rightly ...
This stunning sheet of paper was collected by Sir Harry Parkes, British Ambassador to Japan, in 1870. It was one of about 1000 paper items collected as part of an investigation of Japanese ...