Three Padmores Head to Japan

[Matt]

@Giles said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

@Matt said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

Western what?

Well, it ain't a shirt......

I should have said Western where? Like clearly they have not seen an American breakfast. It’s 8500 calories of home cooked artery stopping freedom. USA

[Giles]

@Matt said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

@Giles said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

@Matt said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

Western what?

Well, it ain't a shirt......

I should have said Western where? Like clearly they have not seen an American breakfast. It’s 8500 calories of home cooked artery stopping freedom. USA
Exactly

[Giles]

Today we went to one of only 2 natural indigo dyeing/weaving factories left in Japan. Prepare for a photo/video dump later on…..

For the time being, this is the indigo as it comes through the front door….

[Giles]

Vital instructions at the urinal….

[Giles]

All the excitement has taken its toll on some of us…

[A Former User]

It’s great to see all this pictures! Great roadtrip

[Tago Mago]

@Giles said in Three Padmores Head to Japan:

Vital instructions at the urinal….

I see this and I wonder what happened to require such instructions. Or is it just Japanese covering all eventualities?

[Giles]

There is zero leeway to do anything that is not in the manual in Japan . This is an extreme, but not uncommon, manifestation of that.

[Giles]

So today, we went across the Seto Inland Sea to the island of Shikoku. We are having a new natural indigo denim made there. We visited the dyeing and weaving factory. I've been to a lot of mills, but this was seriously old skool shit....

[Giles]

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[Giles]

Hanks of natural indigo yarns, showing the end result after varying numbers of dips. The right-hand hank is 25 times dipped. Out denim will be dipped 28 times

[Giles]

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How the indigo arrives

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[tody]

That's awesome. Sometimes I wish I followed my granddad, getting a degree in mechanical engineering instead of law. These old pieces of machinery are stunning!

[Giles]

Stunning indigo weft/persimmon warp denim

Traditional Kimono fabric (we bought a lot of different types of this )

[Giles]

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