Nagakan Custom Japanese Apron & Tote Bag Dyeing Course

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Make your own maekake (Japanese apron) and tote bag in this half-day dyeing experience.

We offer hands-on courses for those who wish to experience the craft of dyeing and deepen their technical skills. These dyeing experiences offer a rare opportunity to enter the workspace, usually off limits to the public, and learn traditional dyeing techniques from color mixing, to making stencils, to applying dyes under the direct guidance of our dyeing artisans. Immerse yourself in the world of traditional dyeing and create your own dyed works of art.

Book your experience online. After the hands-on workshop, our artisans will finish and sew your creation, delivering the piece to your doorstep.

Make your own maekake (Japanese apron) and tote bag in this half-day dyeing experience. Choose from several of our original patterns, mix your color of choice, and dye the front of the fabric with tenasen technique and the back with hikizome technique. Nagakan artisans will sew the dyed fabric into your Japanese apron and tote bag.

Holding Term	First and fourth Wednesdays and Thursdays of each month. *Not available in January, May, August and December.
Duration	3 hours
Number of people involved	1 ~ 4people
Fee	44000 JPY- (tax included)

Nagakan Dying Factory

Nagakan Dying Factory is the only remaining dyeing shop in "Minami-Someshi-machi," one of the artisan towns established by Date Masamune. Since 1887, our factory workers have produced various freehand and stencil dyeing primarily using indigo, which is widely known as a dye. Unlike "shibori-zome" (tie-dye), kata-zome (stencil dying) is one of the many dyeing techniques and is suitable for freely expressing set designs on fabric. In the "Indigo Dyeing" Stencil Dyeing Experience, you can choose from a variety of stencil dyes, including traditional Japanese patterns, patterns associated with Sendai, and modern arrangements of those patterns.

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*Please provide your personalized text for printing in advance. *You can upgrade to make two maekake aprons and two tote bags as well.

Basic Information

Experience Name	Nagakan Custom Japanese Apron & Tote Bag Dyeing Course
Holding Place	13 Minami-Someishi-machi, Wakabayashi-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi Prefecture 984-0814
Duration	3 hours
Holding Term	First and fourth Wednesdays and Thursdays of each month. *Not available in January, May, August and December.
Start Time	14:00

Implementation Condition

Minimum number of passengers	1people
Maximum number of passengers	4people
Reservation Application Deadline	By 12:00, 10 days in advance

Fee

Fee	Nagakan Custom Japanese Apron & Tote Bag Dyeing Course: 44000 JPY (tax included)
Included in the fee	Interpretation fees, experience charges, tailoring fees, Japanese apron, tote bag, and shipping fees for the dyed items.
Items not included in the fee	Travel costs to and from the venue.
Payment Methods	Advance payment by credit card or electronic money.

Meeting Place & Access

Meeting Place	Nagakan Dyeing Factory
Meeting Time	13:00-13:30
Access	8-10 minutes' walk from Sendai City Subway Kawaramachi Station.
Parking	There is. Parking available for 5 cars.