Karasuyama Washi Kaikan - Nasukarasuyama

If you look forward to the name Washi Kaikan, you will be surprised in many ways. If you stopped by under the name of "woodwork, local goods, souvenirs" and took a peek, I think the stars would have risen a little more ...

Japanese paper is also wonderful! I felt that if I wrote it in ink on this paper, it could be preserved for hundreds of years. Woodwork in a separate room, a wooden circle of wisdom is a well-thought-out idea product ❗️Good‼ ️

As mentioned in the reviews of other people, in addition to Japanese paper products, there is a craft hall next to it, and there are also woodwork products and overseas miscellaneous goods, which are displayed beautifully. It seems that the former hospital building is used as a store, and I felt a unique atmosphere.

I never get tired of seeing beautiful Japanese paper and small woodworking items. There were many things I wanted.

I went to see it because I wanted Japanese paper. A lot of wooden miscellaneous goods and fashionable things were sold. It looks like you can relax ? (o ^ － ^ o) ❤️

I thought that Karasuyama was "Washi", so I was bothered. The atmosphere in the hall is good. Many of the souvenirs were reasonably priced, and there were many variations, so I was very impressed.

The shape of the building is wonderful. Convinced to know that it is "former Karasuyama Hospital". We paid close attention to both the exterior and interior. The idea left by using this building as a traditional Japanese paper exhibition hall is also wonderful. The following is from the information board Modern heritage of Nasukarasuyama city Former Karasuyama Hospital (Karasuyama Washi Kaikan) ■ Category: Education / Culture / Hospital ■ Location: Central 2-chome, Nasukarasuyama City ■ Year of construction: Taisho 12 (1923) ■ Structural type: Timbered mortar two-story building This building is the building of the former Karasuyama Hospital, which was opened in 1918 by several local businessmen. After that, the local traditional craft, Karasuyama Washi, was designated as an important intangible cultural property of Toriyama-cho (at that time) in 1970, and it has been reborn as the Karasuyama Washi Kaikan to the present day. The structure is a two-story timber-framed mortar building with a gable roof. You can see the influence of German expressionist architecture that was popular from the late Taisho era to the early Showa era, such as vertically long sash windows and semi-circular dormers. In addition, you can feel the rich design, such as the overlapping of 10 symmetrically drawn circles on the upper part of the heavy entrance porch and the details of the ventilation openings. The quasi-Western-style building built in the townscape with many old wooden houses since the Edo period seems to have given a hint of a new era. ■ Western-style building From the end of the Meiji era to the early Meiji era, the building was built by the masters of construction, incorporating Western-style designs into traditional Japan. ■ German expression Renaissance, Baroque, Western architectural style that becomes a neoclassical style New art that is not bound by such style has emerged in Germany since the 1920s, and was introduced to Japan from the end of the Taisho era to the beginning of the Showa era. Excerpt from "Tochigi Island Mountain Town True View (Taisho 13 Matsui Tenzan)"