Shimayu washi/chiyogami paper shop and "Eiko" washi artist

Shimayu is located in Matsumoto, Nagano, featuring beautiful Japanese washi and chiyogami papers.

Eiko, a very talented washi paper artist, is also the owner of Shimayu. She creates beautiful dolls of traditional Japanese heroes and heroines out of Shimayu washi and chiyogami papers. They are all hand-made and a work is one and the only for you as the same product can never be created.
Eiko introduced her arts broadcasted in TV Tokyo in September, 2005.