About Hida Washi (Hida Handmade Paper)
Hida Washi is handmade Japanese paper produced in Hida City (former Yoshiki District), Gifu Prefecture. The mountain area's clear streams surrounded by the Hida mountain range and cold climate create an environment suitable for kozo cultivation and paper production. Paper made using Hida's clean snowmelt water is white and durable, deeply rooted in the region as a material for calligraphy, crafts, and folk implements. Also used as raw material for Hida folk crafts, it conveys the traditional paper culture supporting the cultural sphere of Hida-Takayama.
Techniques & Materials
Craft terms are shown in the original Japanese — these are proper names with no standard English equivalents.
Techniques
手漉き（流し漉き）楮処理雪晒し
Materials
楮（こうぞ）トロロアオイ飛騨の清流水（雪解け水）
Where to see & buy
Workshop names are in Japanese; links go to their official sites.
- 飛騨和紙工房（産地にご確認ください） hands-on experience