Welcome to Our Sashiko Archive

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.

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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.

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Some of Sashiko Art items made by Otsuchi Sashiko (teacher: Keiko Futatsuya) wil

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Some of Sashiko Art items made by Otsuchi Sashiko (teacher: Keiko Futatsuya) will be displayed for a perido of time in Rakugei-Kan, Gujo-Hachiman, in Gifu Prefecture.
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One day. I (Atsushi) have a dream to bring Keiko to NYC to have an exhibition of Otsuchi Sashiko & Keiko Futatsuya. The power of hand-crafting from these two groups of artisans are beyond words. One day.
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岐阜県の郡上八幡にある「樂藝館」様にて、大槌刺し子と二ツ谷恵子の作品を期間的に展示頂けることになりました。池田町に続いての岐阜県での開催です。是非、足を運んで頂けたら嬉しいです。ちなみに、郡上までこれば高山もすぐですよ（笑）
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2018-09-23 14:18:49




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