In 2014, Keiko & I stood up from the sad reality we experienced. In 2017, after the first invitation to teach in NYC & after being a stay at home father for 2+ years, we launched this “Sashiko Story”. As similar to other accounts, this account had single digit numbers followers. Now, we have this many – I share “honest“ stories while trying to be as “difficult” as possible to deliver the message. Therefore, some consider me an Angry person. Sometimes, I receive quite hateful saying/actions. However, as you can read (when you read several posts carefully), the accounts I have are full of my gratitude to you. I will not share any stories if this account brings us only despair. We share everything, yes “Everything” including technique & ideas, for anyone who wishes to learn Sashiko. I even say “Copy It” with no strings attached. It is Because we are hopeful for the future of Sashiko. Many unfollowed this account because they felt uncomfortable. However, I still have so many people who listen to us – we call it hope.
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In 2016, when I uploaded Sashiko videos on Youtube for the first time, there weren’t so many videos about Sashiko on the Internet. Now, we can find quite many videos, and many use similar tools with similar movements I share – this is one outcome of “Sharing Everything”. Not many state the source of their learning, but I believe the impact on our videos are quite huge. Back in 2016, some friends who cared for me very much advised me not to share everything – as I would lose an important source of our future income. Well, maybe I lost it. However, I gained & am gaining more important things – 80K followers & (future) Sashiko Friends here who are the part of the hopeful Sashiko feature.
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When I lost my father, my goal shifted to “preserve Sashiko” rather than “protect family“. I believe that’s what he tried to do, too. Thank you for being here – and I will never stop sharing as it is my life mission.
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数人のフォロワーさんから始まった私等の物語も、8万もの方にご覧頂けるようになりました。日々のフォロワーの減り方も半端ないので（笑）、本気で刺し子を学ぼうとして下さっている方々が大多数なのだと思っています。全てを、技術も知識も含めて公開することで失くすものを心配してくださった方もいました。実際に失くしたものもあります。でも、素敵なご縁が刺し子の未来の礎であり、それ以外は瑣末なものなのですよ。有難いことです。（写真はそんな皆様との作品です）
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2023-10-22 23:33:11
The river of tradition and innovation = beauty
Bless you for your sharing ❤️❤️❤️
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I am very grateful to have found you here on the internet. I have fallen deeply in love with Sashiko, Japan, and its culture. It is hard to ignore the “haters” but they will eventually find they have no audience to hear them. Who wants to be surrounded by all that negativity? Not me! Keep doing what you’re doing and know there are many of us who care about what you are saying and doing. It can be a waste of your time defending against those who have nothing good to say.
Thank you! I do not know how to do this technique and was interested about a year ago when I found you. After reading some of your posts I realized just how special sashiko is. It is obvious to me that it is very important to you, and that you want to make sure this part of your culture is respected.🙏
You are one of the most honest writers on Instagram! There’s so much empty promotion but not so much clarity about what is true. Thank you for your persistence efforts!
Thank you so much for sharing your amazing skills.
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8万人👏👏すごい！8万人もの人が刺し子してるんですね〜。😍
Fabulous 😮
I love the Sashiko that you share, but your heart and soul that you bring to this sharing is what brings me back time after time when other, Western sashiko is nothing to me.
出会えたことに感謝❤️ 有り難きご縁たちと学び学べる時間の共有できる有り難き🥰これからも素敵なご縁は広がるでしょう✨
grateful to have met you.❤️ Thankful connections,grateful to be able to share the time to learn.🥰 wonderful relationship will continue to grow.✨
Your work and generosity are deeply appreciated. Thank you.
Fantastic!!!!
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