MATSUYAMA, EHIME PREF. – Yuko Narumi, a 21-year-old woman who once dreamed of becoming an illustrator, has abandoned the pencil and plunged into the ancient craft of making paper by hand.
Narumi works at the Tenjin paper mill in her hometown of Uchiko in Ehime Prefecture, providing new blood to the dying craft.
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