Japan's Kokura fabrics promoted overseas

Japan's Kokura fabrics promoted overseas

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Dyeing and weaving artist Noriko Tsuiki shows off a strip of hand-woven Kokura-ori fabric at her atelier in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2009. (Kyodo)

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