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When we join needle to thread and begin stitching, in time, our skills improve and we create more masterful pieces.  Our skills are not improving on their own, it is the needle that works along side of us to join the thread to fibers...a co-creating...

commovente: Hari Kuyo is a Japanese festival dedicated to old and broken needles. Celebrated every year on the 8th of February, this festival sees hundreds of women dressed in colorful kimonos, gathering at various Shinto shrines or Buddhist temples...

(Photo: 豊瀬源一) Scholar Nicholas S. Anderson writes that in Japanese folklore, household objects become ensouled upon reaching the age of 100. The older a tool is, the more spirit is endowed within it. One result of this belief is an annual funerary ritual...

This is a Buddhist celebration held on December 8 each year throughout Japan. It is a tradition that has been carried on since at least 400 AD. Once only observed by tailors and dressmakers,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for...

Di negara Jepun, jarum sangat dihormati. Jarum tidak sekadar benda yang digunakan sebagai alat menjahit yang akan dibuang apabila sudah tidak dipakai. Jarum-jarum yang tidak terpakai lagi itu akan didoakan dan dikebumikan dalam festival yang diadakan...