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Chuo-dori, "Haibara" of Japanese paper (Town Sampo Part 4)

[Marsha Horiuchi of Edo] July 24, 2015 14:00

The temperature is 35 degrees Celsius, and a typhoon is coming from the south.
In midsummer, we went south on Chuo-dori, passed COREDO Nihonbashi, and walked a little further.
We stopped by "Haibara" who moved our head office on May 20.

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The design of the outline of the long-established and building that conveys the traditional paper techniques that have been going on for more than 200 years.
It's stylish and eye-catching. In the show window on the right side of the entrance, you can see a cool fan.
When you enter inside, the design with a bright overall color tone is very beautiful.

 

Eventually, the meeting of Nihonbashi Workers; In Asaga, he was on stage as Maehiyaku

I met Mr. Nakamura, a public relations officer, for the first time, and heard a detailed story.

Thank you very much.

 
*In 1806 in the late Edo period, he left as a small paper wholesaler and worked on Chiyogami and woodcut printing.
*Saigo Takamori, Kaishu Katsu, and others also use Haibara's Japanese paper to write on Japanese paper.
  It seems to have been a kind of status symbol at that time.
*The design was requested to top places such as Kyosai Kawanabe Shibata Zeshin.
*Civilization and enlightenment in the Meiji era, the export of Japanese paper, the import of Western paper, and the first Japanese paper was made in Japan.
*The Haibara Record Paper, which was successfully developed during the Taisho era, was installed in Apollo 11 and used for lunar recording.

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By the way, this year, I'm going to write a summer visit with Mr. Haibara's belly stationery set.
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By the way, long-established people seem to use their English names as NIHOMBASHI.
In today's style (in modern grammar), it is mixed like NIHONBASHI,
After all, I think it's M that feels the atmosphere.

 

If you walk a little, it's Mr. Takashimaya. I walk while drinking water.