Some no Komichi 染めの小道

Des tissus par millier

Thousands of fabrics

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The Kimono Dyeing Festival in Tokyo

Organized every year in the Nakai district north of Shinjuku, Some no Komichi is a festival that will delight lovers of beautiful fabrics. And for good reason, with its dozens of tinted pieces floating above the Myoshoji River, it showcases the know-how of the district's master sinterers! A bucolic spectacle, which harkens back to the time when Tokyo was one of the three largest kimono-dyeing centers in Japan.

 

It must be said that its history is closely linked to that of Japanese dyeing!

As cotton garments began to replace silk kimonos after World War II , enthusiasts of traditional fabrics strove to rebuild workshops in the capital that had been destroyed in the bombings. And it is in Nakai that most of them have taken up residence.

 

 

 

L'art traditionnel de la teinture

The traditional art of dyeing

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14-meter fabrics suspended along the Myoshoji River

 

In order to pay homage to the art which gave it its letters of nobility, Nakai saw things in a big way.

 

 

For 3 days during the last weekend of February (Friday to Sunday), more than 50 fabrics 14 meters long are suspended above the Myoshoji River! Shades of color, which then come to brighten up the district paled by the arrival of winter.

 

 

 

La rivière Myoshoji est remplie de tissus !

The Myoshoji River is full of fabrics!

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Les magasins du quartier de Nakai revêtent leurs plus beaux noren

Shops in the Nakai district don their finest noren

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Laissez parler votre esprit créatif !

Let your creative spirit speak!

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Address, timetable & access

  • Address

  • Timetable

    a few meters from Nakai station (Oedo, Seibu-Shinjuku lines)
  • Access

    the last weekend of February (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
  • Website

    http://www.somenokomichi.com/

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