Had a great time on live stream again. I will keep doing this 🙂
LIVE動画最高に楽しかったです!刺し子してるだけの動画ですが、是非また遊びに来てください!
2017-10-24 11:11:09
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.
Had a great time on live stream again. I will keep doing this 🙂
LIVE動画最高に楽しかったです!刺し子してるだけの動画ですが、是非また遊びに来てください!
2017-10-24 11:11:09
No post for almost 10 days… you may find it quite unnatural as a Daily Post to share Sashiko Story is the standard for this account. I am okay. I will NOT stop sharing Sashiko Story. I just needed some time to reframe myself. ☆ I had quite a good…
Photos from the previous projects. The day when my friend asked me to work on the “4-days Denim Project”, it was the day I completed this jacket (after so many days in pending. I appreciate my client for being so patient). It is the same pattern, shippou, but by adding…
It was such a wonderful afternoon at Making Space Brooklyn with @eileenfisherny | It is very impressive that Eileen Fisher is spending its time and resources for the sustainability in Fashion, and repurposing what we wear. I became a big fan 😀 ☆ One of the participants suggested a brilliant…

It was nice to see that there are different ways to make it. (Different, I mean, from the way I was taught).
とても楽しかったです。またやってくださいねーヽ(*´∀`)ノ
どうもありがとうございました。楽しかったです🎵
シニアの刺し子のクラスに行っていますが、指抜きを使っての運針習っておりませんので、とても勉強になりました。又、楽しみにしております。
また、やって下さい!楽しみにしています(๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)
とても勉強になります😊また楽しみにしていますね〜(﹡′◍ ◡͐◍)ノ
色々なお話しも聞けて とても貴重な時間を過ごさせて頂きました☺️ありがとうございました✨