Thank you all for your messages. I will do my best to keep the washi culture alive.

Wow! I have watched Julien Baumgartner use washikozo in the restoration of paintings. I will never think about this paper in the same way again. Thank you, Mr. Mizota, for all of your efforts.

My respect for your energy to keep this ancient handscraft alive👍Best wishes from Germany🌞

I wish him all the health and success he deserves. He wishes to keep making washi paper until he's 80 and I hope he can. Wonderful work.

こんにちは、溝田さん、それは並外れた仕事であり、特に紙が今でも手作業で作られている場合、紙作りのこの崇高な伝統は決して終わることがありません 👍

It's wonderful to see a true craftsman at work, keeping these traditional methods alive.

Each sheet is a piece of Art! Congratulations!

The dedication, skill and patience is heartwarming. Thank you sir!

Wow, the final product was so fine it was translucent, yet it could be handled like that without tearing - amazing craftsmanship!

この映画を作ってくださってありがとうございます。ジュリアン・バウムガルトナーの工房で、和紙楮が使われているところを見ました。どのように作られているのかを知るのはとても興味深いです。この古代の工芸が永遠に失われないことを願います。あなたはまさに日本の国宝の一人です。

Jeśli istnieją cuda na naszych oczach, to Pana praca jest cudem na naszych oczach! Najlepsze pozdrowienia z Polski. [If there are miracles before our eyes, then your work is a miracle before our eyes! Best regards from Poland.]

This is the best and most educational way to make paper. Paper made today has an industrial feel. If more younger people were to get involved in this, I would say, this paper that is made in a natural way will prove to be better!!

That is absolutely amazing to watch. It is a true shame when those with such knowledge leave the world without anyone else to take up the mantle. A true artisan craft and a treasure to have seen only a small part of.

A true artisan!! Thank you for keeping this art alive and well.

Even on a video I can see that this paper is beautiful! Superb Craftsmanship!

Parabéns Sr. Mizoto .Seu trabalho na fabricação de papel japonês é excelente no desempenho de técnicas ancestrais.

Dear Mizota! You are a poet . Your work is pure poem and every simple tools and machines are words with which you sing this pretty poem .

Es sorprendente ver la dedicación para fabricar papel, pero no cualquier papel, sino el de una tradición de siglos. Mi admiración por tan hermoso proceso y mi felicitación para el fabricante.

Respect to You Mr. Mizota. It is a precious knowledge. Best wishes to You.

Man ,unbelievable patience and hard work. Thanks for the video .

Much respect and admiration for your work Sir.👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

Truly a labor of love. Beautiful work.

What hard manual work - but the end product is beautiful.

That was fascinating. Thanks so much for the look into that process.

This was so wonderful to see, what a process. The care with which he does his craft is truly inspiring

Je suis abasourdie de voir le travail que ça représente. Je le travaillerai avec plus de respect dorénavant. Merci de faire ce magnifique et dure travail.

This was amazing to watch. Thank you so much for showing us what care and dedication you put forth to preserving this art, Mizota-san!

Thankyou so much for this video, and to Mr Mizota for his craftsmanship.

I would 100% be friends with this guy ❤😊 so joyful, passionate and down to earth.

un grande impegno per ottimi risultati. Grazie per la tua disponibilità a condividere con noi, questa arte.

Le beau travail de Monsieur Mizota nous permet de rester connecté au passé, dans ce qu'il a de plus précieux et poétique.

Way to go, sir! You are truly an artist.

What a beautiful product

Just sublime. May you enjoy a long and healthy life ceating this beautiful paper Mr Mizota- Sensei.

Beautiful work. The location, work, fantastic paper and his warm smile makes me happy just watching him create.

Beautiful, so well done

Muy lindo su proceso de fabricacion, gracias!! Very good your process, thank you

This is phenomenal. Thank you, Mr. Mizota!!

Hermosa obra! excelente calidad.Maravilloso trabajo.Gracias por compartir.Saludos desde Buenos Aires Argentina

Very inspiring. 溝田さん, 頑張ってください!!!

What amazing skill. Washi is a paper like no other and has many different uses.

Most fantastic to watch. Thank you very much for sharing.

This was amazing to watch. I write with fountain pens and appreciate good paper. You can see quality here, the consistency with each sheet.

love that paper fells like nothing eles; so sweet to watch it

Wonderful talent and skills, thank you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Loved watching this video such great work 😊

I am from kolkata, India , is watching this beautiful old Japanese technique of paper making and I am speechless. So beautiful amazing way and totally hand made, just unimaginable. Salute to my Japanese brother and request to continue it for 5 lakes years or crore I don't know generations after generation, or teach the Indian ( 140 crores population) the secret technology. Stay safe and fit. Bharat maya ki jai. Vandemataram. Jai hind. INDIA AND JAPAN FRIENDSHIP LIVE TRILLION YEARS.

This process is incredibly intriguing. It seems like the video was cut too soon, what is the paper in its finished form and what is it primarily used for? It is a real shame so many traditional things are going away these days .

صناعه متقنه جدا ورائعه .ونوعيه ممتازه .

Beautiful paper

This is an amazing video to watch. I wish I could participate in learning this skill. Japan has so many wonderful skills people!

Wonderful craft and craftsmen!

まさかすべての工程を溝田さんお一人でやられてるとは.. 圧巻

これは信じられないほどの仕事です！ 👏👏👏👏👏

Amazing. Thank you for the video!

beautiful work.

Wow! Beautiful paper. Beautiful work.

This is amazing!

Preserving handmade crafts of any type is honorable. I understand even those who make pottery no longer have heirs who desire to continue their own legacy. I trust you have personally prepared for such an outcome.

Wow!! such incredible skill!

That is truly amazing!

Wonderful. So deft at your skill.

What an honor it is to see Mr. Mizota and coworkers sharing their art and heritage with us. May the Goddess grant you unexpected blessings. Stay safe and be well.

Love your work ❤

Wonderful! A true artisan!

Love your dedication

Awesome job Sir. May GOD bless.

Awesome Job! ❤

Amazing!!

Complimenti, bellissimo lavoro ❤

Beautiful paper, Mr Mizota....I would love to have some of it to paint on.....your paper would be so lovely to work with! Thank you, sir, for showing us your process for creating this marvelous paper! 😊🎉❤

You are a genius of patience and skill

I was to lazy to put pants on today. This guy works harder om Monday than I did in 2023

Wonderful work, very impressive - I wonder why the dye was added?

この技術と操作の数により、一枚の紙は鋳鉄製の橋よりもわずかに安いことが判明しました

Superb skill - producing a quality of such. The gentleman mentioned the decreasing number of young and lack of family members who are continuing. I attempt to teach the young, the skills I have gained, over a lifetime and if the same. The young see the heavy workload and harsh cold repetition, to gain this skill; to sustain ones self! Too difficult. Preferring maximum gain for least effort = decline. Your work is extraordinary and your video is here, passing on your knowledge. Respect to you sir.

Very interesting video! 👍

bravo , par rapport a nos fabricants industriels, je me sens plus respectueux devant son papier; très fin d'ailleurs ,félicitations

This was awesome to watch. I do hope you can continue until 80

Thank you for sharing your skill with us, Mr. Mizota! The paper was so light and beautiful when done, it made me think you had reached up and captured a cloud to bring it to earth ☁☁☁☁☁☁........thank you, Sir!.........(me bowing low)🙇‍♀

Incredible skill involved in producing this paper. Very labour intensive also. I would have no hope of doing this day in, day out. Beautiful work. 👏👏🙏🙏🇦🇺

Olá, sou do Brasil, Bahia. Muito obrigado por compartilhar esse belo trabalho. DEUS abençoe você e sua família.

C'est absolument magnifique, du grand art. Comme j'aimerai avoir du papier de cette qualité et de cette finesse !! Merci Monsieur, je me suis régalé à vous voir faire

Many years ago we used it for superlight flying airplane models. We called this "japanese chiffon", but I know that it wasn't chiffon, it was exactly washikozo. The same non-woven semitransparent material.

soooooo nice to see

Amazing! If I could afford it, I'd buy one with your signature on it and frame it! You are a master craftsman.

UNESCO is very grateful for Mr. Mizota's work. Kozo papers are in use for the recovery of parchments saved from the Islamic State in Mali, just as parts of the Oxyrhinkus Papyri are on kozo bases in the Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo.

それが日本の職人技だと思います。ドイツからのご挨拶。 Googleで翻訳しました。

Linda arte. Exercício de paciência...

J'aurais préféré assister à cette fabrication c'est un art je suis un imprimeur Marocain je vois maintenant comment on construisait le papier Bravo

That is crazy labour intensive! Who first figured out how to make paper this way?

캬...아주 어릴적 학교도 가기전의 일이지만 동네 한가운데 문종이공장(닥종이공장)이라고 있었지 공장이라는 표현도 과할 정도의 동네 사람 몇몇이서 그야말로 중노동으로 종이를 뜨는... 닥나무 삶고 풀고 뜨고 하는것이 그때는 몰랐지만 참으로 힘든 노동이었을건데 .. 기억이 아련하네

Mr Mizota, thank you for your hard work!

so thin. impressive

What a partnership. This is one of the myriad of factors that makes this art possible. My respects to Mr. Toshikazu Mizota, and those that help this in some way. If paper making was given by the Gods, then it is clear they are blessing you. 🙇☀

Amazing ❤

Every single sheet inspected too, I hope he gets paid well for a product that is that perfet

That "bleached" kozo did NOT become bleached by sitting out in the sun. Curious how they chose to cut out the dangerous chemicals part of this process.

전통 산업을 지켜나간다는데 쉽지 않은 일인데 대단한 것 같네요

Einfach nur WOW. Respekt. Danke dass sie ihre Kultur und Handwerk am Leben halten. Das ist wirklich wichtig sowas fur die Nachwelt zu bewahren.