Over the past few years, a versatile craft substance known as Washi tape has notably increased in its popularity. Originating from Japan, it’s created from organic elements such as hemp or ...

Japanese handmade paper, known as washi is still made in some areas of Japan and used in painting, calligraphy, origami, and other traditional art forms. Recently, contemporary Japanese artists have ...

That same year, the new Meiji government issued Japan’s first national banknotes, made from Echizen washi. The paper-making division of the Treasury Printing Bureau enshrined the spirit of ...