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Echizen Washi Village Papyrus House

Fukui · Echizen · Museums

Japanese name: 越前和紙の里 パピルス館

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WHAT TO DOEchizen Washi Village Papyrus House

In Japan's foremost district for handmade paper, you can try making a sheet yourself.

WHEREFukui

Echizen

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In Japan's foremost district for handmade paper, you can try making a sheet yourself.

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The Echizen Washi village in Echizen. There are the Paper Culture Museum, displaying materials on papermaking with a 1,500-year history, the Udatsu Craft Hall, where you can see the skills of traditional craftspeople, and the Papyrus-kan, where you can make a one-of-a-kind colored paper. Papyrus-kan is open 9:00-16:00, and the fee starts at 600 yen.

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