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  • Shichi-go-san event

    Shichi-go-san is a Japanese event to celebrate the children's growth when the girls turn three and seven years old and boys turn five years old. Th...
  • Kogin Zashi needle-work

    Kogin Zashi is one of the 3 top techniques of Japanese traditional decorative reinforcement stiching that originated in current Aomori Prefecture i...
  • Japanese pottery - Mino ware

    Mino ware is a kind of pottery produced in Mino region, in Gifu Prefecture in central part of Japan.  Its history started around 1300 years ago and...
  • Chusen dye (dye blocking method)

    Chusen is a kind of dye blocking method using glue, that is often used for dying a Tenugui textile.Using a combination of different kinds of seawee...
  • Lao textile - Phaa biang shawl

    Phaa biang is a shawl like fabric worn on the upeer body as a formal wear in Laos. This is for the women and men wear phaa biang shawls for wedding...
  • Various Lao textiles - ikats of Phuan

    The Phuan tribe comes from the former Phuan KIndgom around the current Xieng Kuang Province in the current central east Laos. As it has border with...