Blue is a colour woven deep into Japan’s history. But not just any blue: we’re talking about indigo. Everything from fabric and yarn to kimonos and futon covers have been dyed this rich colour since ...

Aizome textiles, prized by the Sengoku samurai for their hygienic benefits as well as their beautiful "Japan blue" color, are the product of a complex and time-consuming process in which human ...

In Kyoto, an unusual crop has appeared in the hills along the western fringe of the ancient capital. Indigo plants are being cultivated here for the first time in centuries in a revival of a ...

In Tokushima, we meet Hungarian-born textile artist Hanga Yoshihara-Horvath who works to preserve the region's indigo dyeing culture, and Nepalese Dinesh Ghimire, a rafting guide on the Yoshino River.

Japanese"Indigo dyeOf foreign media interested inGreat Big StoryI visited the indigo factory and dyeing factory made in Tokushima and is spotlighting the technology. This is jeans. It is dyed with ...

MUJI will be launching the "re-muji" recycling project at its Tenjin Daimyo store, which opens on March 5th. The project involves re-dyeing clothing collected by the brand and refreshing it into new ...

When Lin Tzu-tzeng (林資曾) arrived in Sansia (三峽) in 1830, he found the local conditions ideal for indigo dyeing. Settlers had already planted indigo across the nearby hills, the area’s water was clean ...