LET'S MAKE WASHI
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-10-08_DJ_28.wmv">Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.</a>)  Before <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-10-08_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">bark</a> is turned into paper, it must be cropped, stripped, bleached & boiled in <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-10-08_DJ_28a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> caustic solution also known as sodium hydroxide'
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