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Meet the people behind our goods. We visit workshops across Japan to hear how each piece is made, and why. Find a story by craft or by region, or search for a maker.
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Kamezaki Senko: Hand-Dyed Fishing Flags from Kagoshima
We visited Kamezaki Senko, a dye works founded in 1869 in Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima, to learn how its fifth-generation dyer keeps hand-dyed fishing flags alive in a changing world.
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JIKAN STYLE: Hand-Dyed Tenugui from Sakai, Osaka
We visited Sakai, Osaka, to see how JIKAN STYLE tenugui are hand-dyed using chusen, a pouring technique that colors both sides of the cloth, and to hear the story behind the brand's playful seasona...
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