Facecloth shop opens in Tokyo to pass on special dyeing technique

Facecloth shop opens in Tokyo to pass on special dyeing technique

Yuji Nakao (L), president of a dyeing factory in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, speaks in an interview about his hopes to pass on Japan's unique "chusen" (colorant pouring) dyeing technique at his newly opened store "Niji-yura" in Tokyo in this file photo taken Nov. 24, 2014. The shop features "tenugui" cotton facecloth dyed by hand using the traditional technique. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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