We will be closed due to national holidays (Golden Week) from April 28 to May 6. Please contact the school office (ksc"at"kawashima-textile-school.jp) if you need to reach us during this time.

1. Our indigo seeds have sprouted! They will be used in July in the Shifu 2 workshop and Natural Dyeing workshop.

2. Backstrap weaving class (1st year)

3. Second year students are making sakiori (rag weaving) samples using fabric remnants from artist Shihoko Fukumoto's work. They were originally made for patch cloths.

4. Nassen Gasuri (stencil dyeing kasuri) class (2nd year)

Our "school cherry tree" is not quite ready to bloom yet, but here is the weeping cherry in front of the Textile Museum, located next to our school.

We have just started our new school year last week.