Echizen Washi Village
The Imadate area in which the Echizen Washi Village is located, has a 1,500-year history as one of the few washi paper-producing regions in Japan, and boasts the highest quality and technology for producing Echizen washi.
The facilities at Echizen Washi Village related to Echizen paper are concentrated along a 230 m street, and you can observe craftsmen and try making paper yourself along beautiful streets the combine tradition with nature.
View scenic routes that include this spot
TIMELESS ARTISTRYStreet address
- 8-44 Shinzaike-cho, Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture
Access
- Bus from JR Takefu Station (Fukutetsu Bus Nanetsu Line bound for Washinosato)
Echizen Takefu Station--> Washinosato
Around 30 minutes
- Bus from JR Takefu Station (Fukutetsu Bus Nanetsu Line bound for Washinosato)
Opening Hours
- ・Papyrus House
9:00-16:00
*Washi shop Echizen
9:00-16:30
・Udatsu Paper & Craft Museum
9:00-17:00
・Paper & Culture Museum
9:00-17:00
Closed
- ・Papyrus House
New Year's holiday
・Udatsu Paper & Craft Museum
Paper & Culture Museum
Every Tuesday (but open if it falls on a holiday), New Year's holiday
Best season
- All year
Point
- You can participate in a paper making experience at Papyrus House to make your own unique sheet of washi paper.