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Indigo-Dyed Japanese Washi Paper

In Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, formerly known as Awa, one company is using two heritage crafts to create indigo-dyed washi paper. Contributor Laura Wheatley visited Awagami Factory to document their processes.

Japan's Indigo Textiles

Explore Japan's ancient indigo textile traditions through a visit to an Edo-era dye house called the Higeta Indigo House in Mashiko, Japan and an exhibition about boro patchwork textiles at the Amuse Museum in Tokyo.