Japan Day 6

Today started with a two hour bus ride SW from Tokyo, toward Mt Fuji. We ended up in the Fujikya Highlands near Lake Kawaguchi to visit the museum of Itchiku Kubota, a renowned kimono maker. The silk is hand tied then dyed up to 30 times, which takes about a year.

Detail from the above kimono.

All very rustic and modern at the same time. This is the entrance gate among beautiful Japanese cedars.

There was snow on the ground, cloudy and overcast so we never did see Mt Fuji.

We then drove back to Tokyo and Nippori Street. This is a street pretty much devoted to all things fabric. A two hour visit, and we're back at the hotel. We said goodbye to our guide Etsuko as she left us to go back to her home in Nara.

And so, the quilt show tomorrow🐱.