Participants try their hand at "sashiko" embroidery at a workshop in a Uniqlo outlet in Maebashi on Feb. 9, 2024. (Mainichi/Ryotaro Nishimoto) MAEBASHI -- A workshop to repair clothes using the ...

Sashiko is a type of traditional Japanese embroidery, once vital for the durability and warmth of clothes in cold climates. We explore how the charm of this enduring craft is being rediscovered. The ...

OTSUCHI, Japan (Kyodo) -- In a small workshop in the coastal town of Otsuchi, northeastern Japan, a group of women joke and laugh as they embroider intricate patterns in white, red and other colors ...

Sashiko is easy, practical and beautiful – and gaining fans around the world. Bel Jacobs speaks to practitioners to find out more. Earlier this year, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's ...