秋を迎えて、里央菜もすくすくと大きくなってくれています。いつか一緒に刺し子をする日がきたらいいなぁ。可愛い。Leona (Atsushi’s daughter) is getting pretty big. Winter is coming and beautiful leaves are falling. One day, it would be nice to do Sashiko together.
2015-11-14 09:06:39
Our Sashiko Story to Your Sashiko Journey
Our Sashiko Archive is a collection of stories, reflections, and educational resources about Sashiko, Boro, and the cultural context surrounding Japanese hand-stitching traditions. While Sashiko is now often associated with visible mending, geometric patterns, sustainability, or slow fashion, these ideas are only one part of a much larger story.
This archive preserves more than eight years of writing, sharing, teaching, and conversation based on both research and lived experience. As someone born into a Sashiko family in Takayama, Japan, I have spent much of my life surrounded by the people, values, and stories that shaped the practice long before it became widely known overseas.
This archive is also closely connected to my book, Sashiko: The Untold Story, which explores the history, philosophy, memories, and cultural misunderstandings around Sashiko in greater depth. I hope this site becomes a place to begin, continue, or deepen your understanding of Sashiko beyond simple definitions.

What is Sashiko?
Discover the history, purpose, and cultural background of Sashiko beyond the common stereotypes of “visible mending” or “embracing imperfection.”
What is Sashiko?
Discover the history, purpose, and cultural background of Sashiko beyond the common stereotypes of “visible mending” or “embracing imperfection.”
What is Boro?
Explore the meaning of Boro, how it emerged through generations of use and repair, and why it is best understood as an outcome rather than a technique.
Learn Sashiko from Atsushi
Find information about workshops, online classes, lectures, and opportunities to study Sashiko directly from a Japanese artisan.
About Atsushi Futatsuya
Learn about the author of this archive, his family’s Sashiko heritage, and the ongoing work of sharing and preserving stories connected to Sashiko.
秋を迎えて、里央菜もすくすくと大きくなってくれています。いつか一緒に刺し子をする日がきたらいいなぁ。可愛い。Leona (Atsushi’s daughter) is getting pretty big. Winter is coming and beautiful leaves are falling. One day, it would be nice to do Sashiko together.
2015-11-14 09:06:39
The 2nd day is completed at the (I am ready to go to bed after sending the follow-up emails). I am very happy to meet you (Sashiko) stitching friends, and reuniting stitching friends from my first Quiltcon. 2 years ago, I knew only a few people when I visited the…
Thank you for watching another Sashiko Live Streaming today on Friday. I try my best to be honest in this account. I used to be “silent” to be liked, but “no more silence” to pass down what we are proud of. ☆ One may face “inconvenient facts” in reading/listening to…
The second “Brief Workshop to share how to use needle and thimble in Sashiko” in Japanese. My goal is to establish the workshop to share “how” to do Sashiko stitching online. Another goal is to share “why” I do Sashiko. In order to learn how and why, visit my website…
