神聖な和紙の芸術：四国ならではの紙漉き体験

神聖な和紙の芸術：四国ならではの紙漉き体験

Hey, it’s Maximo and welcome to Maximo’s Travels. In this video, we’ll continue to go off the beaten path and explore Shikoku Island in Japan. We’ll visit a paper museum where Joe will get to experience how to make authentic Japanese paper, and she’ll get to take the finished products back home with us as souvenirs, and we’ll explore a very unusual museum. Join us as we explore a hidden gem on Shikoku Island in Japan. [Music] It was our last morning in Kochi and we woke up to sunshine and beautiful blue skies. We had a big touring and driving day ahead of us and we were going to three very different and unique places. The first of which was the Ino Cho Paper Museum located in the town of Ino on the banks of the Nyodo River not too far from where we’d had a disappointing visit to the Quarad Toshiwashi Cultural Center the day before. The paper museum was located just under 14 kilometers and half an hour away from the Omo7 Hotel in Kochi where we were staying. It’s pretty easy to get to and it’s located on the main road. Just watch out for that black and white sign and you’re there. You are here. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The museum is built in a brutalist style of architecture that’d be right at home in communist countries in the 1960s. Admission to the museum is 500 yen. If you want to do the paper making course that lasts for about half an hour or so, the cost is 800 yen in total. And it’s advisable to do the paper making course first to allow sufficient time for your paper to dry. Joe did the paper making workshop while I was assigned filming duties. Japanese paper. Yes. Yes. Okay. Three material. Three materials. Perfect. You could tell she was really looking forward to this. [Music] And she says I just do and want to Yep. [Music] Okay. Okay. Mhm. No, no, no. Here, please. Yeah. No, no, no. [Music] Mhm. Yeah. push. Okay. Okay. No, no, no touch. No. Okay. [Music] Good. [Music] Okay. Okay. Don’t don’t Yes. Yes. first try. The paper making process seemed reasonably straightforward and Joe really enjoyed the experience. We had to wait for about 45 minutes for the paper to dry. So, we started exploring the rest of the museum which was really quite interesting learning of the history and the different materials that Japanese paper was made from. Yeah. To think that that’s the raw material for paper to think that people um made that into paper. Ingenious, isn’t it? So after the pulp is cooked for a couple of hours, it’s baiten. And this is a paper making vat similar to what Joe did but on a much bigger scale but much bigger pieces of paper. So that’s the the trees and through the process they become smaller and smaller till we get paper. So 4% of those branches make paper. The ground floor of the museum was dedicated to the process of making paper as well as artifacts and antique machines while the upper two stories were dedicated to artworks made of paper. A number of different artworks by famous artists was on display and there was even a postcard designing competition that was held amongst Japanese school children. And the standard was quite high. Back on the ground floor, there was quite an extensive gift shop with a large variety of paper goods and artworks for sale. Unfortunately for me, there were no fridge magnets in sight. Quite a number of the products of sale were made on site. some of them in the workshop that Joe was in earlier. We finished up by walking in the other parts of the museum that we hadn’t seen before. And then it was time for Joe to go and pick up her finished handmade Japanese paper. My finished paper. It’s quite thick, isn’t it? It’s not exactly square, but first effort is is good enough. That’s very thick. And it’s totally dry. And you dried it in the steamer. M. It’s quite thick, isn’t it? Several pieces. You’re an artisan now, Joe. We had a pretty good time at the paper museum, and Joe really enjoyed her paper making. I do hope you’ve liked this video. If so, please hit that like and subscribe button. Hit that notify bell so you’ll never miss another upcoming video. If you’d like to support my channel, please consider buying me a coffee. Until next time, you take care and bye now. [Music]

In this video we continue our off the beaten path exploration of Shikoku Island’s rugged interior.

We drive to a Paper Museum where Jo gets to experience the art of making Washi paper. We tour the unique museum before collecting her finished handmade paper.

Join us as we explore a hidden gem in the interior of Shikoku Island.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:41 Details
00:55 Ino-cho Paper Museum
01:50 Washi Paper Making
06:11 Museum Tour
08:22 Summary & Outro