Find Out How Sumi (Ink Sticks) Are Created in Japan.
For over 400 years, sumi, Japanese for black ink sticks for calligraphy and sumi-e, has been made at Kobaien, founded in 1577 and recognized as the premiere ink making facility in Japan and in Nara where over 95 % of sumi is made. On my first visit there, I bought a few relatively inexpensive sticks of sumi.
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