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"dark naby = victory color"
Indigo dye gets darker with each dyeing. In Japan, there has long been a culture of calling the deep color of indigo dyed cloth "dark naby = victory color." This...
"dark naby = victory color"
Indigo dye gets darker with each dyeing. In Japan, there has long been a culture of calling the deep color of indigo dyed cloth "dark naby = victory color." This...

Churasanguwa | A "story of blue" from Okinawa t...
Okinawa has long had small amulets called "sangua ." People have placed their wishes in each one, praying for the health and safe travels of loved ones. The act of...
Churasanguwa | A "story of blue" from Okinawa t...
Okinawa has long had small amulets called "sangua ." People have placed their wishes in each one, praying for the health and safe travels of loved ones. The act of...

There was a shoot.
2025.08.20-21 A film was shot there. I am very grateful that they are able to spread the word about our dyeing and weaving artisans and parasurfers. I am working hard...
There was a shoot.
2025.08.20-21 A film was shot there. I am very grateful that they are able to spread the word about our dyeing and weaving artisans and parasurfers. I am working hard...

Ryu Reha Open Campus
This journey, At the Ryukyu Rehabilitation College open campus The theme was "The presence of therapists seen from a wheelchair" I had a chance to talk to him. On January...
Ryu Reha Open Campus
This journey, At the Ryukyu Rehabilitation College open campus The theme was "The presence of therapists seen from a wheelchair" I had a chance to talk to him. On January...

ABOUT
Nice to meet you. I'm a dyer and weaver based in Motobu Town, Okinawa Prefecture, who carries on Okinawa's indigo dyeing and textile culture. I've traveled the world, including competing...
ABOUT
Nice to meet you. I'm a dyer and weaver based in Motobu Town, Okinawa Prefecture, who carries on Okinawa's indigo dyeing and textile culture. I've traveled the world, including competing...

What New York City taught me
November 2019, New York Straight roads and skyscrapers I was in that place that I had seen countless times in photographs Having resumed her dyeing and weaving work, she set...
What New York City taught me
November 2019, New York Straight roads and skyscrapers I was in that place that I had seen countless times in photographs Having resumed her dyeing and weaving work, she set...