Handmade in Japan
Kimono
Season 1 Episode 2 of 3
Following the elaborate handmade production of a traditional Japanese kimono on the island of Amami Oshima in the southern oceans of Japan. This programme looks at the painstaking process of the silk being bound, hand-dyed, woven and finally turned into a kimono by a seamstress
Handmade in Japan airs on BBC Four HD at 7:30 PM, Tuesday 19 August. (Subtitles, audio description.)
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General
Jon Morrice
Producer
Matthew Springford
Series Producer
Richard Bright
Executive Producer