We visited the house of Yoshiko Jinzenji who is a world renown quilter.  Her works are displayed worldwide.Her students served us tea and cookies while we viewed the quilts. She dyed her own fabrics and even designed a commercially printed fabric when she had a studio in Bali. She focuses on simple modern quilts.

She has retired from quilting and has built a house called the kitchen house up a mountain.

Here is an article about it.

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We visited Aizenkobo and learned about the history of indigo dying. Indigo dye is fire resistant and was uses by firemen after wetting it. Since so many of Japan’s older buildings were made of wood fire was a big issue.

Deborah Dubois tried on the firefighter's suit. 

Then onto Nishiki Food Market where there were a million food stalls.

I bought these okonomiyaki thick roundish pancake made with rice, 

vegetables and seafood. Really good. 

Chopstick holders

Preserved vegetables

Assorted cooked foods 

Fish in a stick

Dried fish

Octopus

We also visited a hand made needle shop didn’t buy any, you wouldn’t want to loose one of those, too expensive.