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Notice regarding our summer holidays in 2025
This is a blog to inform you about Ono Shoten's summer holidays. Our company will be closed from August 9th to 17th, 2025.If you have any inquiries regarding washi paper, komagami paper, or custom paper product production during the closure, please use our inquiry page or fax us. We will respond as soon as possible after the holidays.
Aug 5


Regarding our company's holidays during the Golden Week period in 2025
Blog about Ono Shoten's Golden Week holidays. We are informing you of our company's Golden Week holidays in April and May 2025. If you have any inquiries about washi paper, komagami paper, or custom paper products during the holidays, please contact us through our inquiry page or by fax. We will respond as soon as the holidays are over. Thank you for your cooperation.
Apr 18


How to use washi paper to create a space for an exhibition of picture book authors held in Hakata
This is an announcement about an exhibition that used washi paper handled by Ono Shoten. An exhibition of picture book authors, "Let's Play with Picture Books, First Time? Question Marks," was held at the Fukuoka City Science Museum in Hakata from March 21, 2025. One of the picture book authors, Kikuchi Chiki, used our washi paper to create the exhibition space.
Apr 9


Notice of our winter holidays from December 2024 to January 2025
This is a blog to inform you about Ono Shoten's winter closure. Our company will be closed from December 28, 2024 to January 5, 2025.
Dec 28, 2024


Notice of our summer holidays in August 2024
We would like to inform you about our summer holidays in August 2024. We will be closed from the 10th to the 18th.
Aug 2, 2024


The on-site skills of paper craftsmen who handcraft washi paper to meet a variety of customer needs
This is a blog about a visit to a papermaking artisan's workplace
where they made a prototype of handmade washi paper for interior products. After the COVID-19 pandemic, I visited a papermaking artisan's workplace for the first time in about six years. This time, they layered two or more layers of washi paper and made a prototype using a papermaking method called Sukikomi, which is different from regular washi paper.
Jul 5, 2024


Custom-made gift boxes made from Chiyogami and Mingei paper for the Christmas shopping season in the United States
This is an example of a pasted box made for the US market using Chiyogami paper and Japanese Mingei paper.
Jun 14, 2024


A custom-made box made from simple white washi paper with a distinctive embossed lid on the top.
This is an example of a small custom-made pasted box made with white washi paper.
May 21, 2024


The bespoke gift box that adorns the new product is made by combining five different patterns of chiyogami paper.
This is an example of a small, lidded box made with Chiyogami and Mingei paper. Each box is palm-sized and carefully handcrafted.
Apr 19, 2024
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