Oshima Tsumugi Village
大島紬村
A Oshima tsumugi silk workshop complex in Ryugo Town where you can watch the full process, from dyeing with teuchi-gi and mud-dyeing to hand-weaving, and try mud-dyeing yourself.
Oshima tsumugi, a silk textile regarded as a world-class fabric alongside France’s Gobelins tapestries, takes more than thirty steps and can take several months to a year to weave. Oshima Tsumugi Village presents the process in a subtropical garden, from pattern design and binding to dyeing with teuchi-gi dye, mud-field dyeing and hand-weaving. You can step into the mud fields to dye a handkerchief or T-shirt (booking required, about 2,000 to 3,500 yen), and you can also try on Oshima tsumugi kimono. Admission is about 500 yen. It is about a 20-minute drive from Amami Airport.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Heart Rock & Tebiro Beach (Akaogi)
- Saigo Takamori Exile Residence
- Amami Park & Tanaka Isson Memorial Art Museum
- Gamousaki Observation Park
- Tomori Beach
- Ayamaru Cape
- Amami Museum
- Ohama Seaside Park