Yoshiko Nakajima-Sensei Retirement Announcement

Yoshiko Nakajima-sensei will be retiring at the end of the 2025 school year (March 2026). After encountering handweaving for the first time at Kawashima Textile School in 1974, she has devoted herself to teaching at the school as a full-time instructor since 1979.

A message from Nakajima-sensei:

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I have been involved in teaching spinning, homespun, and weaving, but will be retiring. During my nearly 50 years at the school, I have always wanted to convey the beauty of weaving and the joy of making to those weaving for the first time. I myself will continue to create homespun textiles.

Looking back, I feel that meeting people and placing myself in a teaching environment has broadened my view. I would like to thank all the graduates, those who participated in my workshops, and everyone I have had the opportunity to meet. Thank you very much.

March 2026
Yoshiko Nakajima

Please read our interview on our blog, where we have shared Nakajima-sensei’s philosophies of life linked to hand weaving.

An Interview with Spinning Teacher Yoshiko Nakajima 1/2/3 (Oct. 2020)

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Kawashima Textile School Atelier, 1974

Shifu Weaving Workshop (Jul. 13-17)

We will begin accepting applications for this year's Shifu Weaving workshop (Jul.13-17) at 10AM (JST) on Thursday Feb. 12. Prerequisite skills for the course are weaving, warping, and experience setting up a floor loom.

Seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, so we recommend preparing the following in advance:
-Information of an emergency contact person (address, phone number, email).
-A photo of yourself. A 3.5cm x 4.5cm, color, JPEG file under 400 KB. The background should be white or light-colored. You must be facing forward, without a hat/cap, or sunglasses.
-Please read our “Information about Meals” and “Terms and Conditions” prior to applying.

If you have any questions, please use the contact form.

Graduate Exhibition 2025

Kawashima Textile School Graduate Exhibition
2026.2.25 (Wed.) -3.1 (Sun.)　10:00 - 17:00 Admission Free
Annex of Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Kyoto-shi Bijutsukan BEKKAN) 2F
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