Yatsuo washi paper
September 10, 2015Yastuo-machi is a town full of natural beauty. Long ago, it was a bustling business center located along the trade routes of the time. Trade with merchants from the adjacent Hida area (current Northern Gifu Prefecture in Central Japan), along with various local businesses brought prosperity to the town. These included silkworm farming, producing and selling of medicinal items, and of course, Yatsuo washi paper. Handmade in this town, Yatsuo washi has not traditionally been produced as paper to write on; rather, it has been crafted and developed as a base material for creating other products, such as sachets and carrier cases used in the medicinal products vending of the region.
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Yatsuo washi paper
Information provided by: Keijusha
Translation by: Misa Imanaka-Miller
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