Indigo Dyeing and Fermented Tea at an Old Folk Home in a 1300-year-old Tokaido Post Town

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【Experience Overview】 This program offers a chance to experience traditional indigo dyeing and tea tasting in a historic folk house located in Seki-juku-a former post town on the Tokaido road that retains a beautiful streetscape with over 1,300 years of history. Mie Prefecture is renowned for producing indigo-dyed fabrics like Matsusaka Cotton and Ise Cotton; here, you will learn why indigo dyeing was so widely used in the past while creating your own unique indigo-dyed piece. After the dyeing experience, enjoy a moment of tranquility by tasting "Kameyama Tea"-an original fermented tea made from hand-picked leaves grown in the mountainous areas of Kameyama City-served in specially crafted tea ware. Mie has long been a tea-producing region and was one of the few places in Japan to produce and export black tea. Amidst a decline in tea ware artisans and tea producers, our workshop is dedicated to preserving these traditional techniques and sharing them with the world. 【Highlights】 ・The beauty of Seki-juku’s streetscape, featuring preserved traditional wooden houses ・A space harmoniously blending antique folk implements with contemporary crafts ・Dye a silk stole using traditional indigo dyeing techniques ・Savor Kameyama Tea-from a region that was once a leading producer of Japanese black tea-served in artisan-crafted tea ware