Non-wood pulp has been used for hand made paper since the old days. Recently, non-wood papers are reconsidered for the need of the preservation of the earth environments and utilized for various uses. A large number of non-wood plants are grown on the earth as unused resources for the pulp. The characteristics of non-wood papers are described below to help expanding their uses.Various non-wood papers are mainly sold as printing paper in Japan. And they are also sold as fine paper, fancy paper, printing board, coated paper, thin paper, wrapping paper and watercolor paper. Non-wood plants as raw material for those papers are kenaf, cotton, bagasse, bamboo and others.The characteristics including a large content of hemicellulose and ash affect the properties of those papers as well as mixing elements of large vessel cause lowering a quality of paper. Most of non-wood papers have original texture such as bulkiness, porous structure and higher water absorption made from the morphological characters of non-wood plants. The printabilities are recovered by refining the pulp and adding chemical agents.The usages of non-wood fibers will be expanded in the future if making the most of their strong points with reference to the influence on the environment of the earth.