The process of dyeing and drying is repeated for several days to dye Kihachijo./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

During the day, silk threads sway in the workshop garden./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

The cat in the workshop seems to know its comfortable spot./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

Madami bark used in birch dyeing/ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

When the medium is added, the brown silk thread instantly turns bright yellow./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

In the workshop, Kihachijo is woven on several looms./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

Fumiko always says, "Weave without thinking."/ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

Weaving Kihachijo with a powerful sound/ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

The "Heisei Eikancho" is a restored version of the "Eikancho," a sample book of yellow Hachijo rice that was submitted to the Edo Shogunate from Hachijo Island./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

The "Heisei Eikancho" is a restored version of the "Eikancho," a sample book of yellow Hachijo rice that was submitted to the Edo Shogunate from Hachijo Island./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

A roll of yellow Hachijo fabric in a lustrous color/ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

It is hard to believe that the fabric is woven using only three colors, but the resulting designs are so rich./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

A place on the island where mud dyeing, one of the black dyeing processes, is carried out./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE

The mud used for mud dyeing contains a lot of iron, so much so that when you pick it up and smell it, it smells like iron./ (c) FASHION HEADLINE