Last November I went on a Textile Tour of Japan with Arena Travel and fell in love with the country, its people and culture. I started to share my trip with you all and then my computer crashed, for good. It took a while for me to get back to normal. Life bowls along and somehow Japan got left behind, so here we are again with a post full of wonderful memories. (I have put links to previous posts about Japan at the end).
This photo (taken from the coach) is entered in this week’s Photo Challenge.
The prompt is ‘STREET‘; the Japanese for street is ‘Dori’ as seen on the signpost.
Ronovan’s haiku prompts this week are: CHANGE and MIND
~
do you mind if we
change direction and go South
to catch the sunshine
~
In previous posts about the trip I described the tie-dying workshop and wandering around the town of Arimatsu whilst our pieces were drying. We were all (there were 13 of us on the trip) delighted with them when we returned to pick them up
and had an opportunity to see fabric being prepared for dying in the tiny shop.
Then we set off to visit to a Shibori museum, where more intricate work was being demonstrated 
and was on display
With plenty of opportunities to shop.
Not that I did, but it was fun to look.
Click on any of the photos to see a larger version.
I hope to post more about Japan soon – I have so enjoyed looking through the photos again. Hope you enjoyed the visit.
Here are links to previous posts about my trip to Japan.
Day Three: 4 Narumi
Day Three: 3 Arimatsu
Day Three: 2 tie dye
Day Three: 1 to Nagoya
Day Two: 9 streets around the temple
Day Two: 8 Asakusa Kannon Temple
Day Two: 7 Boro
Day Two: 6 doors and windows
Day Two: 5 a hare in high heels
Day Two: 4 craft centre
Day Two:3 shopping
Japan Day Two: 2 child ceremonies
Japan Day Two:1 bonsai
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Wild Daffodil 
Love the city dori, and your haiku. There must be more magical fabrics (all those beautiful blue dyes!!) and shops in the other direction! Great haiku and photo.
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Thanks Jen. The whole country felt magical to me, I’d love to go back one day – with an empty suitcase I could fill with beautiful fabrics. 😉
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Haha, yes an empty suitcase is a must!
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How did you resist. Japan always appeals to me and I did enjoy reading this with your pics.
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It was hard! Not enough baggage allowance is the answer. So glad you enjoyed the post Dorris. 🙂
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Great images Sandra, sounds like you are yearning to get back there again?
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Yes I am Denis! I would love to go back and see more of that wonderful country, however, the cost is putting me off at the moment. So tempting though!
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I loved reading about your trip at the time and it’s so nice to see more. It’s a bit different from the tie-dying we did at school!
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Ha!ha! – yes the school tie-dyeing was fun, but who knew you could take it so much further. I’m so pleased to be reconnecting with the photos from Japan and looking forward to sharing more.
See you tomorrow! Exciting!!!!!!!!!!
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Looking forward to meeting E – don’t forget a packed lunch for her:)
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Yes, thank you, all organised. 🙂
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I am so happy that this prompt took you back to your holiday and your lovely pictures and memories. The fabric is amazing, how did you resist?
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Baggage allowance! That’s how I resisted! If I go again I will take the clothes I stand up in and a massive empty suitcase! Thank you for your lovely comment. ❤
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Amazing how similar streets in Japan look to ones in this country!
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Yes it was all so much more familiar than I expected – I was mainly in the cities.
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I do love Japanese fabrics and most things oriental in fact. Thank you for sharing your photographs.
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My pleasure Barbara. I too have always loved Japanese fabrics and was SO lucky to be able to go on the tour.
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