Nishino Paper Workshop, Echizen Wash

A gift passed down from the gods: Parents make paper, and children too; grandchildren make paper as well. (Echizen papermaking song)
The home of Echizen washi in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture is the Goka area, a cluster of five small villages––Oizu, Ōtaki, Iwamoto, Shinzaike, and Sadatomo––blessed with abundant spring water and surrounded by mountains.