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 ...

With the release of the washi-inspired dial on the new SBGJ283, I think that the next blockbuster dial may have arrived. Washi is a traditional Japanese craft where artisans handcraft paper made from ...

Washi is a high-end paper made by hand only from the bark of ... just like the nearly 1,300-year-old document made of Echizen Washi kept at the Shosoin Repository. The exhibition will run until ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...