Echizen Washi

 The first eight years in my life I lived in a town, not a city but also not a village, only new houses around me.  And lots of children to play with. My lovely father was working for one of the big newspapers company in Japan at that time and he had no interest in nature. He rarely took us to rivers or mountains. Maybe only once or twice. Besides I didn't see him often at home. I missed nature I learned from books then and doubted if nature in those books would really exist.

That is also why I moved here... I'll show this to my nephews this summer as one of my treasures I found on the way. Quite a big one !