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"Oshima tsumugi" Kagoshima fabric

People wearing kimono made of "Oshima tsumugi" silk pongee walk in a commercial district in Amami in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 5, 2024, to promote the specialty of the southwestern Japan city.

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Yuki-tsumugi weaver under training in Tochigi Pref.

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Akiko Imaizumi, the first weaver of the traditional Yuki-tsumugi silk weaving technique hired by the Oyama city government in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, receives instructions on using a weaving machine from traditional craftsman Noriaki Sakairi in the city on Jan. 14, 2015. The technique was added to the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list in 2010.

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Kimono exhibition combines Kagoshima fabric with Kyoto sash

AMAMI, Japan - A model wears a kimono made of white "Oshima tsumugi" silk pongee, a specialty of Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, with an "obi" sash of "Nishijin-ori" from Kyoto, western Japan, on the starting day of a kimono exhibition in Amami on Nov. 14, 2014.

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Japanese dyeing artist Shimura wins Kyoto Prize in arts

KYOTO, Japan - Fukumi Shimura, a Japanese dyeing and weaving artist, attends the award ceremony for the Kyoto Prize in Kyoto, western Japan, on Nov. 10, 2014. Shimura won this year's Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for her "artistic" creation of tsumugi kimono.

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Traditional kimono fabric makers seek innovative changes

Photo taken Dec. 16, 2015 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture shows Yukihito Kanai holding a product made by mud-dyeing -- one of the processes used to make Oshima Tsumugi traditional silk fabric for kimonos. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional kimono fabric makers seek innovative changes

Photo taken Dec. 14, 2015 shows Shigeru Kubota (L), president of Kubota Orimono, and Tsuyoshi Kawagoe, head of the company's new business department, holding a bag and neckties made of "Oshima Tsumugi" traditional silk fabric for kimonos, launched under a new brand "amaming," in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional kimono fabric makers seek innovative changes

Photo taken Dec. 14, 2015 in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture shows bags and other products made of "Oshima Tsumugi" traditional silk fabric for kimonos, launched under a new brand "amaming." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kimono exhibition combines Kagoshima fabric with Kyoto sash

AMAMI, Japan - A model wears a kimono made of white "Oshima tsumugi" silk pongee, a specialty of Amami, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, with an "obi" sash of "Nishijin-ori" from Kyoto, western Japan, on the starting day of a kimono exhibition in Amami on Nov. 14, 2014. (Kyodo)