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START: Oct 9, 2021 END: Oct 10, 2021 Event
40th Chikugo Village Kasuri Open House
Kurume Kasuri is a designated important intangible cultural asset of Japan, and the Chikugo area in Fukuoka Prefecture is a major producing area of this textile. Once a year, Kurum...
START: Jun 14, 2021 END: Jun 20, 2021 Event
Kurume Kasuri Yamaai Exhibition – Shoji Yamamura and Students
Kurume Kasuri is a cotton fabric that has been handed down in the Chikugo region since about 220 years ago. Among the 21 existing Kurume Kasuri studios, Yamaai is known for its Kur...
START: May 1, 2021 END: May 2, 2021 Event
Kurume Kasuri 2021 Spring Thanksgiving
This special event sees four Kurume Kasuri workshops located in the Chikugo region open up their doors to the public. Various kinds of fabrics will be on sale at discount prices du...
Mar 21, 2021 Now Reports
Kurume Kasuri Guide 2021
Kurume Kasuri is a traditional textile from the Chikugo region that has been handed down over the generations. It is currently produced in Kurume City, Hirokawa Town (in Yame Distr...
Mar 19, 2021 Now Reports
Kurume Kasuri: Experience Fukuoka’s Traditional Textile First Hand
Although we think nothing of buying clothes nowadays, there was a time in the past when people in each household made their own clothing from...
START: Mar 20, 2021 END: Mar 21, 2021 Event
24th Kurume Kasuri Ai, Ai, Deai (Indigo, Love, Encounter) Festival
Kurume Kasuri Ai, Ai, Deai (Indigo, Love, Encounter) Festival is returning for its 24th edition. This is one of Japan’s largest festivals to focus on the traditional textile of Kur...
START: Mar 1, 2021 END: Mar 7, 2021 Event
The 2nd Year of Reiwa – New Exhibition of Kurume Kasuri – Important Intangible Cultural Assets
Kurume kasuri is a traditional indigo woven textile that is now recognized as an important intangible cultural asset. The fabric is made using techniques that have been handed dow...
Dec 8, 2020 Local News
Kurume Kasuri Lucky-charm Masks Debut
Chikugo City-based Ikeda Kasuri Kobo debuted a ‘Ren-ai joju’ (lucky charm for love) mask in collaboration with the local Koinoki Shrine. The shinto shrine is known as the only plac...
Jul 27, 2020 Local News
Olympic Kimono Project Including Kurume Kasuri and Hakata Ori Now Online
A thirteen-minute online video, featuring 213 sets of kimono and obi designed using imagery of countries and regions worldwide is now online. Developed by a Tokyo-based project own...
Mar 24, 2020 Local News
Kurume Kasuri Shop Opens in Tenjin
On March 19, Okamoto Shoten opened Giemon Live Factory a new shop inside the VIORO shopping building in Tenjin. Visitors can learn more about Kurume kasuri, see traditional weaving...
