It is said that the production of washi paper began in Towa Town before the first year of Kanbun, and during the feudal period, it was used as official paper for the Nanbu domain. Until just after the end of the war, several houses in the Narushima area were producing washi paper, but with the spread of mass-produced Western paper, the demand for washi declined, and now it is only produced at the Washi Crafts Museum. Narushima washi paper is made by hand, one by one, using mulberry and mitsumata as raw materials, and is well known as Japan's northernmost washi paper.
- residence/location
- 202, Ward 5, Kitanarushima, Towa-cho, Hanamaki-shi, Iwate 028-0116
- Business hours/Usage hours
- 10:00～16:30
- Closed
- Mondays, New Year holidays
- Access
- 20 minutes drive from JR Shin-Hanamaki Station
15 minutes drive from JR Kamaishi Line Tsuchisawa Station (cab office in front of the station) - Inquiries
- Narushima Washi Craft Museum
TEL.0198-42-3948
FAX.0198-42-4574
