YOUR POSITION:
Thinnest paper
- RECORD HOLDER
- HIDAKA WASHI
- WHAT
- 0.02 MILLIMETERS
- WHERE
- JAPAN
- WHEN
Founded in 1969, Hidaka Washi is proud to keep the tradition of producing the thinnest paper in the world in Hidaka, in southwestern Kochi prefecture, a town of only 6,000 inhabitants.
"Tosa Tengujo", also known as "ephemeral wings", is a type of traditional Japanese paper or "Washi", which is handmade, transparent and flexible.
It is only 0.02 millimeters thick, similar to human skin , the sheets come in a size of one square meter and they weigh only 1.6 grams, less than a one cent Euro coin.
