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Has this always been a papermaking area?
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The kozo and mitsumata plants,
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grow on the mountains.
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Each household used to boil it,
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peel it, dry it...
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and take it to sell in town.
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Why don't you do that yourself?
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The peeling's a lot of work.
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This is the most difficult step.
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One woman can't do it alone.
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Seiji's place does that.
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I get my raw materials from him.
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A household of three is best for paper.
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Then five.
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No even numbers?
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No. One three or five. Or one.
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A whole life in one sheet of paper...
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Sorry?
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Something with a past...
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is washed, beaten...
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taken apart and reborn as paper.