Yuki tsumugi silk is produced principally in the reaches of the Kinu River that straddles the Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures. The Japanese name Yuki tsumugi comes from the name of a feudal lord during the Kamakura period (1185-1333), Yuki. Altho…

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Yumihama Gasuri is a textile produced in the region surrounding Sakai Minato City, Tottori Prefecture. The origin of the name, Yumihama, was taken from Yumigahama, the name of the curved shore that stretches from Yonago City to Sakai Minato City, …

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Oitama Tsumugi is a fabric produced in the Yonezawa, Hakutaka and Nagai regions of Oitama in south Yamagata Prefecture. Oitama is well-known as a ramie fiber producing region with ramie fiber the raw material of ramie, a linen-like fabric, being s…

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Uetsu Shinafu is a textile produced in the area of Sekikawa, Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, and Sanpoku, Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture. The neighboring prefectures of Yamagata (Uzen) and Niigata (Echigo) are combined and referred to as Ue…

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