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.
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.
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Street address
- 8-44 Shinzaike-cho, Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture
About FUKUI 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.
Map
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