Make Your Very Own Indigo Art at Aizome Kasuri Kobo 

〈Program Contents〉

Learn About Traditional Indigo Dyeing

In this experience, first learn about indigo dyeing and Kurume Kasuri in a room surrounded with the fabrics of Aizome Kasuri Kobo. Then tour the exquisite workshop to see the raw materials and indigo dyeing process for yourself.

Make and Take Home Your Own Indigo Blue

Create your own piece of fabric art, dyeing it with indigo in monochrome or in a gradation. Seeing the moment when brown indigo turns blue when exposed to air is like watching magic unfold before one’s eyes. After, head back to the fabric-filled workshop room to finish making your art. Also enjoy Yame tea and sweets prepared by Kensuke’s mother.

The experience takes place at Aizome Kasuri Kobo, one of the Kurume Kasuri weaving workshops that practices the most traditional methods of indigo cultivation and dyeing, and hand-weaves its textiles using naturally dyed indigo yarn.

This is an exceptionally rare opportunity to experience and connect with authentic Japanese tradition firsthand.