I'm traveling to Kyoto for a week during the first week of June, and am explore its incredible arts and crafts heritage. I have great interests in textile and would love to take a workshop class. I already practice weaving in Taiwan, so I'm hoping to find a hands-on textile or Nishijin-ori (西陣織) workshop that offers a bit more depth than a standard beginner experience, that can be done within a day. Do you have any suggestions for me? Thank you!!
by lucyynwang
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if you’re already weaving, the Nishijin Textile Center workshops won’t get you there – those run on mini-looms producing tablemats. what fits is the tsuzure-ori (爪掻本綴織) masterclass through deeperjapan.com, a private 3-hour session with a third-gen master in kamigyo-ku. tsuzure-ori is the nishijin tapestry technique where weavers file ridges into their fingernails to use as combs – you’ll only cover a small patch but the craft logic is completely different from frame weaving. interpreter included. for context on the way over, orinasu-kan is a working machiya weaver’s house turned small museum – viewing is walk-in, hands-on by prior application.
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