In 1914, Tomoegawa Paper Company was founded in Shimizu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. The company was named for the Tomoegawa River that flowed near the manufacturing site. 105 years later Tomoe River, the paper originally made for catalog mailings, is one of the modern stationery aficionado’s most beloved papers.

Tomoegawa is a very big corporation, with very professional staff and high quality standards. They do not sell direct to any downstream companies that make end-user stationery products. Sakae Technical Paper is the sub company own by Tomoegawa, and distrubiting the Tomoe River paper.