Learning from Sankyo Sarashi, a company that forges the future of Sakai's traditional local industry of ”Wazarashi”

Wazarashi is one of the steps in the process of turning cotton into yukata and tenugui. Cotton is grown in the fields, turned into thread at a spinning mill, the thread is starched at a sizing mill, and made into cloth at a cotton cloth mill before being bleached as Wazarashi. After that, they go through dyeing and sorting workshops, and then to the market. As you observe the techniques and teamwork of Sankyo Sarashi's craftsmen at work, you will see how they approach the questions surrounding the future of traditional Wazarashi and how to carry it on to the next generation. At the end of the workshop, you will get to stuff sarashi fabric cut into 10-meter sections into a bag to take home as a souvenir.