Tag Archives: Mino
Mino washi museum & Akari Art Gallery
Posted on September 27, 2018 by Toothpicker
One of places I wanted to visit in Mino was the Mino washi museum. Yet the museum is located about half an hour's drive from the town centre, and there are no buses that could get me there. After enquiring at the tourist office (inside a washi paper stationery shop), the [...]
This post was posted in Exhibitions, Travel, Paper art & craft, Art, Anything Japanese, Contemporary craft, Japanese art, Japan, washi paper and was tagged with art and design exhibitions, museums, paper craft, Mino, washi paper, akari, paper lanterns
Hotel Baison in Mino
Posted on September 24, 2018 by Toothpicker
When I was planning my trip to Mino, I struggled initially to find an accommodation in the town centre. I was quite perplexed by this, and so I started to check on google map. Eventually, I found a hotel called Baison, but apart from the location, I could not find the website [...]
This post was posted in Architecture, Travel, Anything Japanese, Architectural conservation, Contemporary, Japan and was tagged with Japan, Architectural conservation, Japanese architecture, Mino, Hotel Baison, hotel
Mino – the ancient washi paper town
Posted on September 22, 2018 by Toothpicker
The preserved townscape of Minoshi
I think many people who are interested in Japanese paper would have heard of Mino washi paper, especially after it was was designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2014. The origin of this paper dates back to the Nara period (710 ~ 784 CE), and is [...]
This post was posted in Architecture, Travel, Traditional arts & crafts, Anything Japanese, Architectural conservation, Japan, washi paper and was tagged with Japan, Architectural conservation, Japanese architecture, Mino, washi paper
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