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and I'll probably die here.
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I've never been off Shikoku island.
:35:14
Not even on your high-school trip?
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I was sick then.
:35:24
Some people here go all there life,
:35:28
without even seeing the sea.
:36:23
Has this always been a papermaking area?
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The kozo and mitsumata plants,
:36:32
grow on the mountains.
:36:35
Each household used to boil it,
:36:38
peel it, dry it...
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and take it to sell in town.
:36:47
Why don't you do that yourself?
:36:52
The peeling's a lot of work.
:36:54
This is the most difficult step.
:36:57
One woman can't do it alone.