2-day immersive professional course to study in depth the traditional techniques of Japanese washi paper making. Hone your skills under the guidance of a 4th generation craftspersons in a washi studio with over 120 years of history. Follow almost all steps of Tosa washi making with a focus on using natural ingredients in an environment-friendly way
Connect your own made washi paper with a local cultural activity: a visit to a Shinto shrine to receive its official stamp or a lesson in Japanese origami and enjoy the quiet rural area near one of Japan’s clearest water basins: Niyodo River.
Highlights
2 days
Offered in Japanese & English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
2 days
Offered in Japanese & English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Guide fee
Activity fee
Tea and snack
Shrine stamp (if you choose to make a kakejiku scroll)
Apron
Lunch
Accommodation
Meeting Points
Departure
Tosa Washi Inoue Paper Workshop
Meeting point：Tosawashi Inoue Tesuki Kobo
2776 Otsu, Takaoka-cho, Tosa-shi, Kochi, 781-1102
Access：
・By train: 15 minutes by car from Ino Station on the JR Dosan Line
・By car: Immediately after exiting Kochi Expressway Tosa IC
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Itinerary
◆Day1 Arrive at Tosawashi Inoue Tesuki Kobo Watch a video explanation about Tosa washi．Begin washi making: peel the bark of kozo, boil kozo, prepare the neri paste from tororoaoi (sunset hibiscus) Rest for lunch Wash the kozo off the alkaline, remove impurities, beat the kozo Revision of the process and preparation for Day 2
◆Day2 Arrive at Tosawashi Inoue Tesuki Kobo, Washi making (tamezuki) Rest for lunch Get your created kakejiku scroll and visit Matsuo Hachimangu Shrine to have the shrine’s stamp (goshuin) on your paper Get your colored washi and make origami sakura flowers Local tea and sweets
2 Days Immersive Japanese Washi Paper Making in Kochi
Tosa
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2-day immersive professional course to study in depth the traditional techniques of Japanese washi paper making. Hone your skills under the guidance of a 4th generation craftspersons in a washi studio with over 120 years of history. Follow almost all steps of Tosa washi making with a focus on using natural ingredients in an environment-friendly way
Connect your own made washi paper with a local cultural activity: a visit to a Shinto shrine to receive its official stamp or a lesson in Japanese origami and enjoy the quiet rural area near one of Japan’s clearest water basins: Niyodo River.
Highlights
2 days
Offered in Japanese & English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
2 days
Offered in Japanese & English
Non-refundable
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Guide fee
Activity fee
Tea and snack
Shrine stamp (if you choose to make a kakejiku scroll)
Apron
Lunch
Accommodation
Meeting Points
Departure
Tosa Washi Inoue Paper Workshop
Meeting point：Tosawashi Inoue Tesuki Kobo
2776 Otsu, Takaoka-cho, Tosa-shi, Kochi, 781-1102
Access：
・By train: 15 minutes by car from Ino Station on the JR Dosan Line
・By car: Immediately after exiting Kochi Expressway Tosa IC
Return
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