The Paper Village of Echizen, Japan

We visited Echizen for a few days, which is a center for Washi, or hand-made Japanese paper, made mostly from Kozo. Alison took a workshop, and I spent the day riding around.

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~ by Robert on October 20, 2013.

Posted in Cycling Japan, Japan, Travels
Tags: Echizen, Japan, paper making

4 Responses to “The Paper Village of Echizen, Japan”

Awesome photos Robert! Alison you look very happy! Thanks for sharing.

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Jane Becher said this on October 20, 2013 at 4:09 pm
Robert

Beautiful images!

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McIntyre Barbara said this on October 21, 2013 at 5:27 pm
I’m sure your wife was honoured to have learned so much. Looks like a lot of effort to make exquisite paper.

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Jean said this on September 28, 2014 at 8:52 am
[…] More photos on the manufacturing of Washi […]

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Advanced (and unusual...) Papermaking Techniques - i BookBinding said this on October 17, 2014 at 11:23 am

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