• 「和裁」Wasai - The art of kimono sewing

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    「和裁」Wasai - The art of kimono sewing
    Last year in October I started with Wasai (和裁) – traditional kimono sewing by hand. I am being taught by a sensei which has been a professional kimono tailor for over 50 years. My lessons are once every week for 5 hours to learn the art of kimono sewing. To be honest – it is quite tough! One wouldn’t think how many hours, days...
  • 「秩父銘仙:新啓織物 ほぐし織り」Chichibu Meisen Hogushi Weaving

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    「秩父銘仙:新啓織物 ほぐし織り」Chichibu Meisen Hogushi Weaving
    (Continuing from my previous article about Chichibu Meisen Museum & Nassen dyeing.) 秩父銘仙や捺染の続きです。 If you have read my introduction of Meisen and Nassen dyeing you might be curious now what would happen to those silk threads after they got their lovely design and colour? To find out we visited Arakei Orimono a small traditional family owned factory workshop in Chichibu, Saitama who kindly opened...
  • Chichibu Meisen Museum & Nassen dyeing

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    Chichibu Meisen Museum & Nassen dyeing
    Last month I already had my 5 year wedding anniversary! My husband does not wear kimono, but he is kind enough to hear me babbling about kimono all day every day for some time now. For our anniversary we thought it would be kind of boring to just walk through the city and stuff ourselves in a fancy restaurant. So instead my better half...
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