Visitors can experience indigo dyeing - one of Japan's artistic handicrafts. Our staff guides you with care so that beginners can enjoy the genuine indigo dyeing.

Some of the dyeing needs appointments. Please call our office for further information

Opening Hours

9:30 〜 17:00 (〜 16:30 Nov. to Feb.)

Reception Hours

9:30 〜 11:00, 13:00 〜 an hour before closing

Closed

Mondays (It's open when a national holiday falls on Monday, and closed on the following day.)
December 28 〜 January 4

Admission Fee

Free

Transportation

BY TRAIN

20 minutes walk from Mukougaoka-yuen Station, Odakyu Line

BY BUS 5 minutes walk from Senshu Daigaku-mae bus stop, Odakyu-line bus

PARKING INFORMATION

Ikuta-Ryokuchi West Parking Lot (a toll parking lot)

●《You can try Indigo Dyeing》

1. Dyeing a Handkerchief or a Shop curtain

Visitors can try indigo dyeing using a plain handkerchief. It's easy even if it is your first experience.

It takes 30 minutes to an hour.

Charges

A plain handkerchief --- 600 yen

A tie-dyed handkerchief --- 900 yen

A tie-dyed shop curtain (noren) S size --- 1500 yen

2. Dyeing Your Own Goods (needs reservations)

Charges

15 yen per 1 gram of cloth

Examples

A handkerchief (weighs about 20 grams) --- 300 yen

A Japanese hand towel (40 grams) --- 600 yen

A T-shirt (120 grams) --- 1800 yen

《Japanese indigo plants》

The Indigo, "Ai″ in Japanese, is an annual plant of joint weed family. We get dyestuffs from the leaves. Reaped leaves are dried, cut fine, fermented, and applied pressure. Adding lime, ash water,and well water, we heat and ferment them to make indigo solution.

Indigo dyeing, "Aizome″, is a simple handwork our ancestors had cultivated. We apply the solution to cloth and have the cloth aired to repeat oxidation. You can find the beautiful Japanese ancient color, which has a color tone deeper than sky blue and lighter than navy blue.

For further information, please call our office;

Dentou-Kougeikan (Traditional Indigo Dyeing Workshop)7-1-3 Masugata, Tama-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture 214-0032 TEL:＋81-44-900-1101

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