FEATURE: Spring is time for needlework for many Japanese mothers

A woman and her children browse fabrics for making bags for use at schools, at a store of Yuzawaya selling handicraft materials in Tokyo's Kichijoji district on March 19, 2016. Yuzawaya offers 10 types of made-to-order fabric bags and other school-use items for children as an increasing number of mothers find it difficult to make them, required by nursery and elementary schools, by hand at home. A stand at left in the background says, "We accept orders" for goods related to children's school entrance in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo