or that plain framed mirror crying for some excitement. If you're not familiar with washi tape, it is a decorative, ...

Each takes months to design and make, says float maker Hiroo Takenami, and for much of the Nebuta Matsuri’s 300-year history they were covered only in washi, a type of paper handmade from the ...

Legend has it that the goddess appeared to residents of this mountainous area 1,500 years ago and advised them to make paper. Thanks to an abundance of water and wild trees, Echizen washi paper ...

So it may not cross our minds what a luxury commodity paper was only a few hundred years ago – especially in Japan, where it was used not only for books but also home decor and religious rituals.

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 ...

a 125-year-old Japanese paper company is breathing new life into an age-old washi tradition. NO matter how beautiful a piece of paper is, it has little worth if it is not utilised in our everyday ...

Washi is a traditional Japanese craft where artisans handcraft paper made from mulberry trees. This paper has been produced for centuries and is distinctly Japanese. Think of a Japanese lantern, shoji ...

Japanese handmade paper, known as washi is still made in some areas of Japan and used in painting, calligraphy, origami, and other traditional art forms. Recently, contemporary Japanese artists have ...

YOSHINO, Nara Prefecture—As the winter chill sets in, the production of traditional “washi” paper is in full swing at a historic workshop here. Winter is the best season for paper making ...

But the country became her home where she’d become an acclaimed visual artist, whose work with washi paper is celebrated around the world. Her most recent project offered an opportunity to ...

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 ...