🇯🇵 The Kimono Forest - Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵

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The Kimono Forest is an art installation around the Arashiyama terminal station. Kimono Forest is composed of 600 clear, acrylic cylinder-shaped pillars standing 2 meters tall and framing the way to the station. It is called a "forest" since the pillars are clustered like a forest and the kimono is displayed on each of the pillars. The Kimono Forest consists of pieces of textile displays dyed in the traditional Kyo-yuzen style. There are a total of 32 different traditional Kyo-yuzen designs, Kyo-yuzen being the name for a style of fabric dyeing developed in Kyoto during the Edo Period. By walking through the kimono lane and you will find a small pond called Ryu no Atago. Ryu no Atago is the energy spot of Arashiyama Station. Many people come here to pray for their dreams and life goals.

The Kyo-yuzen textile used for this exhibition was created by Kamedatomi, a long standing textile factory whose history dates back to Taisho period. These days they also produce aloha shirts with bright kimono inspired patterns.
The designer behind the installation, Yasumichi Morita, chose the designs and they were produced at a Kyoto fabric company Kamedatomi.