Echizen Washi

It's really heavy ( picture 1 ) because it has many thin bamboo bars in the mold. I remember when I used that kind of mold, keta, for my first time long time ago. It was in the afternoon on Saturday and I suddenly felt really sick and asked my boss for my early leaving. At that time I often went climbing mountains, went jogging many times a week and practicing kendo, the martial art. BUT I felt ill ......

Since then every time I see the special mold, I hesitate to use remembering my past experience. Now I'm fine in using it.

It's mainly for avoiding to have any water marks on paper.

You can see the normal mold here too ( pic 2 ) and tell the diffenrece.

Very heavy.