Peggy’s Weaving Tour – Japan Day 1

Every day on my weaving tour of Japan and the Philippines I will repost all of my InstaGram posts here on my blog. I hope you enjoy my adventures.

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This is my most special shop. It is full of antique textiles. Antique textiles galore and just a wonderful place. We were there in this small shop an hour and a half. The shop is on Kotto-dori street.

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Our day in Tokyo was to the Omote-Sando area where the hot designers have boutiques. Issey Miyake shops (several) were the first stops with wild and gorgeous things that were seductive but very expensive. This got my creative juices going. Such creativity is contagious.

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Another Issey Miyake shop just had his famous pleated thing. This is just one example.

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A fantastic lunch place. Young designers were there great food–salads ,etc and people watching because it is a popular spot

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Everything in City Shop restaurant was beautifully and carefully designed. The delicious food was arranged beautifully and the decor inspiring and creative. More creative juices were flowing.

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Inside Morita shop

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A little treat for dinner after our fabulous healthy lunch. This is one of our favorite places. It's a tea place in a glorious flower shop.

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Our glorious treat. They are open until 7:30 which was perfect.

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Where we had our treat it was dark when we were there for " dinner".

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My big treasure. An old kimono worn as underwear. The patches are the way it was designed originally

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Fabrics from Morita shop. Old silks that feel wonderful to the touch. They were parts of old kimonos. I can cut these up. Except for the blue fragment with the blossoms. That piece is fantastically thin and wonderful to touch. I hoe to frame it by then I can't handle it. A dilemma.

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A little pile of silk crepe from old kimonos. I will cut them up if I dare to. The end of my first days treasures

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