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Making Paper at the Mino Washi Museum
From the Akari Art Gallery in town, it is a short trip up the valley to the Mino Washi Museum (Mino Washi no Sato Kaikan), the main museum for Mino's…
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Mino Washi Akari Art Gallery
Mino in Gifu Prefecture has been making washi, traditional Japanese paper, for centuries. Hon-minoshi paper from Mino is one of the three washi traditions…
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Udatsu Streets of Mino
Mino's old town is one of the best preserved merchant districts in Gifu. The streets are lined with wooden houses from the Edo and Meiji periods, many…
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Mino Bridge on the Nagara River
A short walk north of Mino's old udatsu streets , the Nagara River runs wide and clear past Mino Bridge (美濃橋). Completed in 1916, it is the oldest modern…