Kyoto – start of the textile tour

~ lcbull2003

We’ve spent the last 3 full days in Kyoto in a mix of sight-seeing and textile related activities including indigo dyeing, shibori dyeing, visiting a family-run indigo dyeing firm, and going to the vast flea-market at the Toji Temple. So much fun being back in Japan!

Off to Tokyo today and after a busy 3 days I’m a bit brain dead but here are some pictures :

Fushimi Inari Taiko – famous for the red torii gates
Bamboo forest at Arashiyama
Stylish young kimono-wearers at Nijo Castle
And a not so stylish kimono wearer – dressed up for the tea ceremony

Kinkakuji aka The Golden Pavilion
Visiting Aizenkobo – a family firm that has been dyeing and weaving indigo products for multiple generations. This kimono was over 100 years old

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