The “Arimatsu Shibori” tie-dyeing is a traditional industry in Arimatsu-Nagoya. Their products have been using this traditional technique with genuine leather. You can enjoy beautiful colors with white contrast, patterns and soft-touch with full of ups and downs.
Their craftsmen select high quality genuine leather and finish each of them by hand. You can also feel moist and the lightness of dyed surface.
They believe that traditional craftsmanship will survive if it is used in daily life. Ariatsu-Shibori “the tie-dying” is the method of resist dyeing where parts of the fabric are tied fold that creates white patterns in the places where dye does not reach. Cotton dyed fabrics have always been popular for Kimono, or summer clothing, for many years.
Their products use cowhide instead of cotton fabrics in order to attract more young people and inherit to the next generation by producing handbags, clothing, and fashion items.