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Oshima Tsumugi Museum (Oshima Tsumugi Mura)

Kagoshima · Japan

Authentic Oshima Tsumugi silk and mud-dyeing

What you’ll find

What Oshima Tsumugi Museum (Oshima Tsumugi Mura) is known for

A weaver and manufacturer of authentic Oshima Tsumugi silk kimono, counted among the world's three great textiles. On Amami Oshima it runs mud-dyeing (Kusaki) workshops, studio tours and a museum.