The Hirota Tsumugi Blog
Tsumugi from Honshu
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- 2025.02.05
- Summer Shiozawa and Akagi Tsumugi Silks | New Arrivals | Latest Fabric Collection, January 25′
- Summer Kimono silks are mostly woven by using hard-twisted raw silk threads, so that the texture results in being dry and see-through, which enables a comfortable summer Kimono wearing with well-ventilation.
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- 2025.01.07
- AKASHI CHIJIMI Silk, The touch feels like “Cicada’s wings”
- Akashi Chijimi textile technique was originally started in Akashi, Hyogo prefecture, more than 400 years ago.
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- 2023.04.14
- Tanba-Nuno | New Arrivals | Latest Fabric Collection, 13 April 23′
- ::: Tanba-fu ::: Made in: Aogaki cho, Tanba city Weavers: Otani Tomie, Ashida Michiko
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- 2023.03.28
- New Arrivals | Latest Fabric Collection, 28 March 23′
- ::: Shirataka Omeshi (Oitama Tsumugi) ::: Made in : Shirataka-cho, Oitama region, The South part of Yamagata pref.
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- 2022.05.07
- Omi Chijimi Ramie & Cotton Woven Fabric for Summer Kimono and Yukata
- Newly woven in this spring, Omi Chijimi ramie and cotton summer kimono fabric with 3 color options (Purple / Blue / Beige), made in the Eastern lake district of Shiga prefecture, Omi region. The ramie weaving history in this area is very old over 1,000 years for producing highest quality ramie summer Kimono fabrics.
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- 2020.05.01
- Ice Cotton Kimono Underwear Fabric, the Most Suitable for A Summer Cloth Face Mask
- In recent summer's intense heat, wearing a mask to go out will be incredibly harsh. Our product of Ice Cotton fabric, made of natural fibers, could be greatly helpful with its comfortable touch and cooling effect.
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- 2019.10.02
- Echigo jofu & Ojiya chijimi : Japanese Finest Ramie Textile
- Echigo jofu (越後上布) , along with Ojiya-chijimi (小千谷縮), is one of the highest quality as well as oldest traditional hemp textiles in Japan, made in the snowy Uonuma and Ojiya city, Nigata prefecture.
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- 2019.06.21
- Kihachijyo — a primo traditional silk textile made in Hachijyo island
- Kihachijyo, one of the prime grade silk textiles, had been beloved and worn only by the Feudal lords in the Edo period, so that it has different origins from other Tsumugi textiles in which other tsumugi were started as formers wears.
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- 2019.06.10
- Beautiful Gradational Omi Chijimi Made in Shiga
- Omi-chijimi is a finest summer ramie kimono weaving, traditionally manufactured in a Japan's biggest lakeside area of Omi region, Shiga prefecture. The history and root are very old in the region, making ramie weaving for over dozen centuries.
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- 2019.05.20
- Tanba cloth — the restored folk craft textile
- Tanba cloth (Tanba-fu) was used to be called "Sajimomen (佐治木綿)", a plain woven folk textile of handspun cotton and silk, produced at Saji-village, Tanba.
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