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Awa Indigo
Indigo leaves composted into sukumo; only a handful of makers remain, and most Japanese indigo dyeing still depends on them.
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Ai no Yakata Indigo Museum
In an indigo merchant's mansion, with the fermenting beds and the whole composting process shown at full size.
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Awa Shijira Cloth
Woven at uneven tension and then shrunk, so the surface puckers and touches the skin less - a cloth for heat.
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Awa Odori Kaikan
On a dance four centuries old, where each troupe's matched coats and hats work as its emblem.
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Ryozenji, Temple One
The start of a 1,400-kilometre pilgrimage, where the white robe, sedge hat and staff are first assembled.
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Indigo Merchants of Mima
The storehouses of the indigo traders, built to hold the temperature and damp the fermentation needs.
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Indigo Vats
Vats sunk into the floor and kept fermenting with lye; the fire under them is never allowed to go out in winter.
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Indigo Fields of Ishii
Indigo planted where the river floods and enriches the soil - a crop chosen to turn disaster into profit.
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Festival Floats of Awa
Indigo money paid for the floats; the carving and embroidery record the merchants' wealth.