378 Japanese paper shop (1/2)

Wearing Kagura clothes for human feet, it began to attract attention in a different sense from the beginning, but when walking without worrying about it, I found a signboard that was drawn with handwritten Japanese paper in handwritten characters .

Yeah, simple but really easy to understand.

A shop standing on the road slightly off the main street.

Compared to other stores, it is quite sober, and if you are careless, you will likely miss it as a background.

But if you look at the unique atmosphere that drifts from the store, it looks good.

Such a retreat-like store has pretty good things.

I was tickled by the adventurous spirit and walked through the crowd to the store.

Then, when I opened the door with a shoji, the room with a calm atmosphere spread.

The interior of the store is dim and has a warm orange light shining from the ceiling.

When I breathed in, the smell of wood and paper drifted, and it seemed relieved.

Although the shop is small, there are many works made of Japanese paper on the shelves and tables arranged.

No one is in this room. However, from the room that continues in the back, the sound of water constantly echoes, so someone is probably working.

However, now I'm more concerned about the goods in front of buying paper.

Colored square Japanese paper placed on the table.

I think you probably mixed the dye when making the washi, is this an ornament you appreciate? Or are there other uses?

”Well, a pretty child has come in. That's also foreign.”

While observing while tilting his neck, a grandmother came from the back room.

I know she's a good age, but she has a cheerful voice that doesn't make me feel it, and she's dressed in a little flashy red Kagura.

It's probably because of the charm that oozes out from this grandmother that she can wear such Kagura clothes at this age.

”I'm bothering you”

”Yeah, yeah. There might be nothing interesting.”

”No, not at all. I just don't know. What is this colored square washi?”

Ask the humble grandmother about the items I was worried about.

”Oh, if you did it, press the button on the mage below.”

When I looked down and saw that, I saw a square board. I was so absorbed in the colors that I didn't notice.

When I pressed the button as it was said, light suddenly glowed from inside the washi paper.

”Oh, it's light!”

”Ihihi, that's right.”

Look at my reaction or grandmother laughs happily.

It was a bit of a witch-like laugh, but when this grandmother does it, it seems somewhere natural.

But, this light is beautiful.

Is it a lampshade? These lights were also on the grandmother's house in the previous life. I remember turning off the lights at night and falling asleep watching the lampshade.

The light in front of you was so beautiful as to remind you of the scene at that time.

”Can I turn on this round one?”

”sure”

I was worried about what light the white and yellow spheres next to would emit, so I pressed the button in the same way.

Then, the light shines in the same way from the sphere.

”Oh, full moon!”

It had the color of a full moon floating in the night sky, and seemed to be watching the full moon outside while in the room.

The shade of the color of this Japanese paper seems to represent the unevenness of the full moon.

”Ihihi, a strange child”

”Huh? Is that so?”

”Because very few kids are happy with the light of Japanese paper this way.”

For Kagura people, have you been used to seeing such washi products since they were born?

From my point of view, Washi is an image that seems familiar and is often unknown.

When you think about it, there is something stranger next to it.

Flowers with vivid colors in a metal frame. I think it's a strap in shape, but what's inside is ...

”Is this what Washi is inside?”

”Yes. There is Japanese paper inside.”

A grandmother nodded while laughing at the words I asked.

”Yeah? How do you make it?”

When asked with surprise, the grandmother retracts deep and comes back with a tool like a board.

”This is what happens when you put Japanese paper in this mold and put in a transparent resin. This resin hardens when exposed to warm air.”

I see, using a hardened resin to confine it inside. I guess the shining glitter inside is carved out of minerals. It is glittering and very beautiful.

Because it is just set in the mold and pouring the resin, even beginners can easily challenge it.

”Do you want to use it?”

”Huh?

”Children are rarely interested in Washi, so it's missionary, and it's old and no longer used.”

The grandmother said, holding me a tube with a mold and resin, and several pieces of bright Japanese paper to hold in my hand.

Oh, when I came to see Japanese paper, I got a good tool I couldn't imagine.

”Thank you”

”Ihihi, I'm glad if you come to see me if I make something”

”I'll definitely show you.”

This is going to be a good hobby in the room.

I would definitely like to make beautiful accessories like a grandmother.

It's almost like going out of the store, but I ask myself to achieve my real purpose.

”Well, I want to see ordinary Japanese paper, but can I see it?”

The grandmother nodded with a smile without being surprised at the words as they were now.

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I got some old Japanese paper from my grandmother and bought it.

Under the bridge, use the magic of space and store the accessory set.

And take out the poi and scissors that were made with earth magic for scooping small fish.

After cutting the Japanese paper with scissors, open only the poi frame and insert the Japanese paper between them.

It's the same mechanism as the poi sold in the previous life Hyakuyo. This way, you can re-use only the washi part without throwing it away and use it repeatedly.

After confirming that the washi did not come off the poi, someone found a depression after setting a trap.

Here you can do a durability test on Japanese paper without affecting the water flow. If you look closely, there are fry and two birds with one stone.

I squat down and laugh and squeeze my poi into the water.

First, move the poi and follow the fry without thinking much about the effect on Japanese paper.

Normally, it is a fool to put water in the water so as not to apply water pressure to the paper, but it is an experiment.

Washed paper wet in water changes color but does not tear.

When I chased the small fish and scooped it, I was really able to scoop.

On the washi paper, the fry is rampant cutely.

Just requesting Japanese paper that is resistant to water, it seems that it will not break immediately.

Release the scooped fry and put the poi into the water again.

Did you repeat the same thing about twice? The end of the washi has finally been torn.