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Mineya Minsa Weaving Workshop

Shinkawa Wakugawara, Ishigaki City, Okinawa · Japan

Hand-woven Yaeyama Minsa and Hanaori textiles

What you’ll find

What Mineya Minsa Weaving Workshop is known for

This workshop in Ishigaki City hand-weaves Yaeyama Hanaori Minsa and Yaeyama Jofu cloth, the two textile traditions native to the Yaeyama Islands, turning them into ties, bags and business-card cases. Visitors can watch the looms in the attached craft museum or book a weaving or plant-dyeing session before browsing the shop.