Oshima Tsumugi-mura 奄美大島紬村
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Oshima tsumugi is a local fabric woven from white silk and dyed. Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura is a small textile factory where you can see how they weave and dye the tsumugi fabric. They also sell tsumugi fabrics as kimono, handkerchiefs, etc.
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The factory is in a subtropical garden with tropical flowers and plants. Adult admission ¥500, open every day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Address: 1945 Akaogi Tatsugo Oshima, Kagoshima
Local buses stop at Oshima Tsumugimura bus stop. (From Amami Airport, 30 min. by bus.) http://www.tumugi.co.jp/
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Tropical garden setting for this fabric factory. Oshima tsumugimura, Amami Oshima.
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He is dyeing Oshima tsumugi silk fabric in mud.
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He is dyeing Oshima tsumugi silk fabric in mud. The fabric color becomes black. Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.
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Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura
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Tie-dyed (in mud) handkerchiefs. The fabric is also dyed with the sharinbai tree containing iron and tannin.
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White hibiscus on Amami Oshima.
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Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura fabric factory.
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Inside the Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura fabric factory. A few workers demonstrated the production of tsumugi silk fabric. This weaving step is called shimebata to make patterns on the silk.
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Fabric dyes.
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Oshima tsumugi fabric production steps.
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Explanation of the Oshima tsumugi dyeing process.
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Loom
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Loom to weave Oshima tsumugi.
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Sample Oshima tsumugi fabric with in the typical black color.
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Takakura storehouse with a steep thatched roof. Amami's traditional structure for storing grains. Oshima tsumugimura, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima. 奄美の高倉
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Sago palms with a cone. Oshima Tsumugimura, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima. ソテツ
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White hibiscus
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White hibiscus
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Red hibiscus and other flowers in the tsumugi factory's garden setting. Amami Oshima, Kagoshima
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Sago palms, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima
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Oshima tsumugi handkerchief I bought for myself. Tie-dyed.
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