Ogawa-machi in Saitama Prefecture is famous for "washi" (Japanese paper). We visited a center for arts and crafts where the "washi" making and other things produced in Saitama Pref., such as "hina ningyo" (dolls), "kawara" (roofing tiles), and "Oshima Tsumugi" (silk textile) are displayed.
Beautiful roof.
Visitors can observe "kami suki" (the process of making "washi").
The craft person is peeling and stacking a piece of "washi" onto many others.
Repeating the process.
How cold it must be to do this in the winter.
The bamboo screen itself was an amazingly precise and beautiful piece of craftwork.
There were several sets of "hina ningyo" being displayed because the prefecture is also famous for the production of these Japanese dolls.
Outside the craft center was a garden accented with "kawara" (ceramic roofing tiles).
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