Nao-chan

Learn about the materials and techniques of Ako Dantsu and weave a palm-sized brooch with thread in your favorite colors. A plan for women, finishing your own piece with advice from a craftsperson.

Hear about Ako Dantsu, choose thread in your favorite colors and learn how to braid it. Combine parts the craftsperson has collected to finish a charm in your own color scheme.

Have Nao-chan, a weaver, carefully explain Ako Dantsu, a hand-woven carpet passed down since the Edo period, while looking at the threads and looms used.

Choose your favorite colors from lots of threads and make a small original brooch with the same tools and process as real Ako Dantsu. You'll get advice on color matching too.

Choose thread in your favorite colors, braid it to the length you like and attach parts in various colors and shapes collected by Nao-chan to make a one-of-a-kind charm.