About the School 2

An eight-part series introducing the school in the present as we review the 47 years since its foundation.

What kind of school is it?

1st year students' Tapestry Weaving class

Kawashima Textile School is a school that teaches textiles, with handweaving as the main focus. For 47 years since its foundation, the school has been operating in its own unique style.

The school's strength is the informative, small group classes, centered on hands-on training. We value creating beautiful fabric based on solid technical skills and expression skills, with each student heightening their creativity using their own artistic sensitivity.

People of different ages motivated to learn weaving gather from all around the world.

About the School Series 1

About the School 1

We are starting a new series introducing Kawashima Textile School (KTS). We would like to introduce the school in the present as we review the 47 years since its foundation, starting with an eight-part "About the School" series, with topics such as how it began, the courses, and its contents.

How did the school start?

Entrance, 1973

Atelier, 1973

Kawashima Textile School was founded in 1973 to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Kawashima Textile Manufacturers Ltd. (now Kawashima Selkon Textile Co., Ltd.). It was a time when values were shifting, with people reexamining their lives, and pursuing richness of heart and mind, under the economic circumstances of mass production and mass consumption.

We are surrounded by woven fabric in our daily lives, from interior fabrics such as curtains, general goods such as towels, to the clothing that we wear. With woven fabric, which exists so close to us, maybe we could build respectful relationships between our lives and objects, and also through woven fabric, connect internationally. That was the idea behind the founding of Kawashima Textile School.

Graduate Exhibition 2019 (Rescheduled)

This year's Graduate Exhibition will be held from July 22 (Wed) to 27 (Sun) at the Annex of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art. These are the newly rescheduled dates from March, when we postponed the exhibition in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Please note that depending on the situation, dates are subject to further change. If so, we will announce them as soon as possible on our website.

Kawashima Textile School Graduate Exhibition
2020.7.22 (Wed.) -26 (Sun.)　10:00 - 18:00
Annex of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Kyoto-shi Bijutsukan BEKKAN)
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Admission Free

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Measures to Prevent the Infection or Spread of Coronavirus
We will be taking the following measures to prevent the infection or spread of Coronavirus. We kindly ask for your understanding and cooperation.

[Requests to Visitors]
*Please wear a mask.
*Visitors’ body temperatures will be checked upon entry through thermography and/or thermometers (by Kyoto City). Those who have a fever over 37.5 cannot enter.
*Please write down your full name, address, and phone number upon entry (required by Kyoto City). Those who cannot cooperate will not be able to enter.
*Please wash and sanitize your hands.
*Please refrain from visiting If you have any of the following symptoms:
-cold symptoms
-strong fatigue
-difficulty of breathing
-You have travelled to a region or country where COVID-19 is spreading, in the past 14 days.
*Please keep a distance of 2m from other visitors/staff.
*Please do not touch the artwork.
*Please refrain from having loud conversations.

[Our Measures]
*Staff will wear masks and check their temperatures.
*Hand sanitizer is provided upon entry.
*Handrails, coin lockers, etc. will be sanitized.
*There is a possibility that we will limit the number of visitors to prevent overcrowding.