Sashiko and Quilts trip deadline for applications

I've had a chat with Kathy at Arena Travel today, as we need to know if we will have enough people to run the Sashiko and Quilts tour in January 2016 as soon as possible - ideally by the end of next week.  So if you are thinking about joining the tour, now is the time to book.  We need to make a decision before the end of November so we can confirm details for the classes we would like to do and, if we don't have enough people to run the trip this year, we will postpone it until January 2017.  Click the highlighted link to go to my previous post about the tour, which has links to Arena's website.

Sashiko and quilts trip to Japan, January 2016

Arena Travel have announced details for our sashiko and quilts trip to Japan in January - see their website for more information.

We are going to start with Setagaya Boroichi flea market (below) and end with the quilt show at the Tokyo Dome (above), with a trip to the north of Japan in between, traveling by Shinkansen and express train to visit 'chiku chiku' sashiko specialist Akiko Ike and learn traditional Yuza Sashiko with Yuza Sashiko Guild, before going right up to Hirosaki to try koginzashi.  There will be lots of beautiful snowy scenery in between too, just like in the quilt above.

We will visit Asakusa in Tokyo.

The Amuse Museum.

Toyko National Museum.

 

Yuza Sashiko Guild are holding a welcome party for us, and we'll have several sashiko classes with them.

 

More sightseeing around Yuza, including the wonderful Aoyama House.

  

Koginzashi, the special counted sashiko from Hirosaki.

Plus lots of wonderful train travel - this is the Inaho Express in Shonai.

There's lots of photos on my blog of my previous visits to all the places we will be going on this trip - I have included as many of my special favourite places as possible.  All bookings need to be made via Arena Travel.