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Custom Japanese Calligraphy Art |
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 The
Yoshino Mountains in Autumn. |
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The Yoshino river. Here Mr. Fukunishi's family have washed the Kozo bark
for centuries. This pure and wonderful water is essential for the fine
Yoshino paper.
This photo was taken from the window of our Ryoukan (Japanese Inn) which served broiled Ayu fresh from the river. |
 The
general store just down the mountain from Mr. Fukunishi's house and
workshop. This is the landmark you want to look for when getting off the
bus.
Though in this town all you have to do is tell the bus driver "Fukunishi" and make a motion like you are making paper and you will be sure to get to the right place. |
So if I start right now my great-grandchildren will be able to make beautiful paper.
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 Weekly,
and often times several times a week, Mr. Fukunishi is out giving hands on
demonstrations of Japanese papermaking.
Here the Mayor is thanking Mr. Fukunishi for leading this parent/child workshop. |
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Being
interested in trying to do Japanese papermaking myself, I asked Mr.
Fukunishi about these boards used for drying the paper and what I should
look for. He said that most boards are unusable for the first hundred
years because of resins and contaminants. But after that they work
perfectly well.