SIWA

This is a brand of washi paper products for everyday use, created in collaboration with washi paper manufacturer Onao and industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa in the town of Ichikawamisato, Yamanashi Prefecture, a region with a thousand years of washi paper production in Japan.

Naoron is a new paper-like material developed with the traditional washi-suki paper manufacturing technique, by the Japanese paper maker ONAO based in the Ichikawadaimon area. It is soft to the touch, light and flexible, yet very strong. The material is also superior in water resistance and durability that does not tear easily. While maintaining the excellent lightness and distinctive texture of Japanese paper, ONAO developed a new type of Japanese paper that expands the possibilities of paper as a material for unique products. This is “Naoron”. 

With the flexibility of Japanese paper, it is highly durable and water-resistant that does not tear, Naoron brings traditional delicate paper far closer to us in our everyday life. The SIWA series is a line of products for everyday use that are made using this excellent material. In collaboration with well-known industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa from Yamanashi, ONAO is based in the area with the 1000-year-history of Japanese paper making launched the SIWA brand.