SHOWROOM
Welcome to Hirota Tsumugi
Welcome to Hirota Tsumugi, Japan’s high-end traditional craft Tsumugi textile specialitywholesaler based in Kyoto from 1946. With over 1,000 exclusive Kimono fabric rolls in stock
and ready to order today, we can meet your individual order requirements no matter how large
or small they may be.
Textile Showcase
Japan is long from South to North.
Rich diversity of textile traditions and craftsmanship still survive with us as a high-end Tsumugi Kimono fabric.
We showcase our fabric collection with a wide price range.
A rough introduction from larger to smaller budgets.
Rich diversity of textile traditions and craftsmanship still survive with us as a high-end Tsumugi Kimono fabric.
We showcase our fabric collection with a wide price range.
A rough introduction from larger to smaller budgets.
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Yuki Tsumugi SilkKnown as an UNESCO heritage silk weaving, the world's most luxurious silk fabric. The amazing handspinning technique takes over a month for producing a bolt of yarns, which pinching off the extra fine yarn by fingers from floss silk. The silk floss like texture is utmost and unparalleled. Made in Ibaraki prefecture.Price Range Per Bolt/Roll :
400,000JPY ~ 2,000,000JPY -
Oshima TsumugiMost well known luxurious Tsumugi in Japan, for the mud-dyeing tradition and elaborate Kasuri/ikat technique as well as the extremely smooth silk texture. The ikat minuteness is the highest quality in the world. So much variety on the eye-opening spectacular ikat patterns. Made in Amami Oshima island.Price Range Per Bolt/Roll :
100,000JPY ~ 1,000,000JPY -
Kihachijo silkKihachijo silk made by the 3 colors from the island. Yellow is dyed from local carpet grass, Brown from bay tree and Black from chinquapin three with volcanic ash mud. Made in Hachijojima island.Price range for reference :
200,000JPY ~ 1000,000JPY -
Plant-dyed tsumugiA husband & wife factory of Matsumoto weaves the 100% pure plant dyed tsumugi silk, degumming silk by their homegrown straw’s ash and collecting all dyeing materials from the mountains. Made in Nigata prefecture.Price range for reference :
300,000JPY ~ 600,000JPY -
Hana Ori silkHana Ori – Literally, “Flower Weaving”, has developed traditionally within Ryukyu culture in the Okinawa Island. The complicated technique of using heddles on a handloom creates various traditional Hana Ori patterns.Price range for reference :
100,000JPY~800,000JPY -
Echigo-jofu and Miyako-jofuEchigo-jofu and Miyako-jofu are the highest-quality, hand-spun ramie fabric, from North (snowy region of Nigata) and South (tropical Miyako Island). They are phantom fabrics, manufactured very few annually.Price range for reference :
1,000,000JPY~4,000,000JPY -
Bast-fiber fabricsBasho, Kudzu, Shina, Huji, Kozo, Hemp… From ancient times Japanese ancestors peel away the bark of threes for making a thread and cloth. The astonishing traditions still continue in Japan.Price range for reference :
200,000JPY~1,500,000JPY -
Stencil dyed fabricsOur main collection of Stencil dyeing fabrics are manufactured by a Ryukyu-Bingata factory in Okinawa, and a stencil dyeing artist, Sawada Maiko based in Kyoto.Price range for reference :
100,000JPY ~ 500,000JPY -
White clothWe also manufacture various white clothes for dyeing work. Tsumugi silk, hand-spun cotton, ramie or bast-fiber fabrics and so on.Price range for reference :
20,000JPY ~ 50,000JPY
- Above are just a few of our collection. We have more affordable machinery crafted fabrics as well.
We also have some scraps of the fabrics. - Their size is normally about L1280cm×W40cm, which is a necessary dimension for making a kimono.
Custom Design
We can consult on “custom designing” on your favorite fabric, while you can reference our enormous libraries of pattern and color sample books.
Delivery time and MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) vary depends on the fabric you choose.
Most of them are about 40cm wide, but some of them can produce widely. Please ask us for details from Contact.
Most of them are about 40cm wide, but some of them can produce widely. Please ask us for details from Contact.
Also, our design and pattern books can be made use for other projects or purposes!
Showroom in Kyoto
Our showroom is located near Shijo & Karasuma station, which is the center of Kyoto.
It is a by-appointment gallery in the traditional merchant townhouse with over 100 years of history.
At the beginning of every month, we hold a regular textile exhibit in our showroom.
It is a by-appointment gallery in the traditional merchant townhouse with over 100 years of history.
At the beginning of every month, we hold a regular textile exhibit in our showroom.
We would love for you to visit, if you are looking for one-of-a-kind fabric materials and interested in traditional fabrics of Japan.
Feel free to contact us beforehand to make an appointment.
Feel free to contact us beforehand to make an appointment.
International Shipping
We recommend you to see ＆ touch our textiles beforehand of purchasing. Even so, we can correspond to your shipping request from overseas depending on your purposes and background.
We ship by post office. Feel free to contact us for how you want to deal with us.
You can also find us on 
Etsy, where we update some of our textiles and scraps.
Etsy, where we update some of our textiles and scraps.