Nishi-Nippori is an awesome place for shopping for fabric in Tokyo. In fact, there are so many shops and so many choices that it might make you a bit crazy… but anyway, if you go there, there is a cool used kimono shop caller RIVERSIDE (I think). I met my first KASURI MONPE at Riverside,…
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small indigo farm and dyeing studio in Misakicho, Okayama.
岡山の美咲町にある小さな藍染工房
imprints on cloth- book report!
After having this book with me for almost a year and opening it multiple times, I finally read it on my way to returning it to the friend who lent it to me! (that happens to me all the time) Luckily, my train ride was super long! The title of the book is IMPRINTS ON…
summer 2017 exhibition
The studio where I study shibori just had an exhibition. I took lots of pictures and thought lots of things. For now, here are mainly pictures of the exhibition: In Japan, when people hear the word “shibori”, they think about little handkerchiefs dyed blue, a little bit like tie-die, maybe they have tried to do…
okinawa
Somehow, I just spent a weekend in Okinawa! It was hot and beautiful and special~ and I managed to visit a beautiful indigo farm. I didn’t actually see much of Okinawa but drove myself to a village called OSHITTAI where I met a couple who has been growing indigo there for almost ten years if…
Last day in Nakatsugawa
November 27th was the last day of my indigo workshop in Nakatsugawa. It was my seventh time to come to ShizukuJiaiKobo, and the last date of the “tanemakikaraaizome workshop”, a six-time course through the seasons of indigo that I attended. I cannot possibly fully express here how enriching this experience was for me but I…
seishun 18 kippu tokyo-tokushima
Seishun 18 kippu can take you pretty much everywhere if you have the time~ Mine took me to Tokushima this summer, going through Gifu, Okayama on my way there and then Takamatsu and Himeji on my way back. I love just sitting and looking out the window when I’m on the train~ mountains, rivers, more…
azuma bukuro
azuma bukuro here is a nice blog that explains how to make something like it: http://coco-stitch.blogspot.jp/2010/11/simple-azuma-bukuro-bag-tutorial.html
Arimatsu
ARIMATSU SHIBORI MATSURI (Arimatsu Shibori Festival) took place on June 4th and 5th this year. Since I was already in Gifu, I decided to go and see. I arrived at 5am!!! and went to Arimatsu jinja. There, even the flags were shibori! It was a long day, but every encounter with shibori was delightful~ There…
konki
Last October, my friend and I went to Shiga prefecture to visit Uenishi san. I think he is 81 years old. His eyebrows are truly amazing, but more than that, he is seventh generation indigo dyer. His atelier is called KONKI. Actually, I had heard about this man a long time ago, when I bought…
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