Designed and led by Jane MacDonald, this bespoke craft tour of Japan is focusing on a range of traditional crafts with the opportunity for hands on learning experiences with the masters of sashiko, temari, indigo and stencil dyeing, washi paper, and Kurume kasuri. The tour visits famous sites, cities, towns, villages and textile establishments on the main island of Honshu and the southwestern island of Kyushu.
HIGHLIGHTS
Tour the Yokohama Quilt Festival
Craft a temari
Visit Akie Ginza’s Sashiko Museum
View the Kubota Kimono Collection at Itchiku Kubota Museum
Enjoy a stencil dyeing workshop with textile designer Yumi Ishikita
Learn traditional sashiko techniques from a talented teacher in Kyoto
Visit the spectacular Kinkakuji and Ryoanji Temples in Kyoto
Participate in a roketsu (indigo) dyeing workshop
Learn how to paint fabric for Yuzen dyeing
Enjoy an all-day aizome workshop and learn about Kurume kasuri
Tour the Shimogawa weaving studio
Learn how to make artisan paper in a washi studio
Visit a Yame green tea plantation
Detailed Itinerary
START & FINISH
The tour starts at 6.00pm, Saturday October 26 in Fukuoka. Tour tour finishes after breakfast on Saturday November 9 in Tokyo.
For tour itinerary, please contact Opulent Quilt Journeys 877 235 3767 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Yves Al-Ghazi first became interested in Japanese textiles in 2017 while working closely with Jane MacDonald of BeBe Bold in Australia. Having worked previously as a research scientist on cotton plants, Yves has had a long-term interest in textile production, right down to how material is grown from seed. Yves was inspired to start BeBe Bold in France in 2018 catering to European interest in Japanese Textile.