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Paper Tree
Paper Tree: Origami art, paper, and artful displays in Japantown.
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Paper Tree: Origami art, paper, and artful displays in Japantown.
Paper Tree is a San Francisco art gallery and store in Japantown, with exhibits of specialty paper and a wide paper selection. It hosts origami demonstrations, offers lessons, and can trim paper to smaller sizes for travel. As one of Japantown’s longstanding businesses, it sponsors the annual Origami festival and welcomes visitors with friendly, knowledgeable staff and a welcoming setup.
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Personalized instruction for all skill levels, from beginners to advanced, with recommendations and hands-on guidance.
Tailored paper sizing to fit your travel or project needs, ensuring perfect dimensions for notebooks and crafts.
High-quality paper, stationery, memobooks, and origami supplies, with options for smooth writing and durability.
Rotating displays of origami and paper art, serving as a mini-museum to inspire and educate visitors.
Curated selection of stickers, postcards, and other paper-based products, including hidden gems on sale.
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Overall rating
Doge Wolfish
I got a great quality memobook here. I'm very picky about personal stationery that doesn't degrade or fall apart (sagging spines, damaged page fringes, 'writes' nicely with a ballpoint pen, and oh of course writes smoothly with MUJI pens). The shop ladies were a little wary when I was going around their book selection with a ruler to measure exact dimensions (my work bag can't fit medium or large notebooks), so I quickly picked a memobook with tearable pages and finished the purchase. Lovely set up, wish I had more time to browse other stuff.
Lone Stride
One of my favorite small businesses in all of America! And the 2nd longest running business in Japantown. Paper Tree also serves as a wonderful Origami museum and a sponsor for the annual Japantown Origami festival/events. The shop will even teach you how to do it, and make recommendations based on your skill level. But the store has so much more than origami and paper craft — their unique wares are some of the coolest in SF. Highly recommend visiting and saying hello to Moira, the shop owner’s gentle Wolfhound.
Gisele Chua
So cute!!! Lots of variety and I got a flower postcard today :) also great prices + hidden gems on sale !! Also super cute stickers and origami selection. Best part of this visit was seeing Maura!! What a sweetie angel baby!! 10/10 coming back!!
Kat
Very cute exhibits throughout the store of what can be made with specialty paper and great selection of paper too! You can request your paper to be cut down to smaller dimensions if you are planning to travel with them - excellent customer service and would love to visit again.
Lily Hill
I didn’t buy anything but really enjoyed walking through it. The employees were very kind and shared cool tidbits about the incredible origami art on display. So cool!
