Atelier Shimura is currently running a series on "THE KYOTO," a platform that disseminates traditional culture and crafts from Kyoto, as well as useful tips for daily life.

This is the time for silk thread. To get raw silk from silkworms, several dozen cocoons are boiled in hot water, thin threads are unwound from the thread openings, and wound onto a reel using a tool called a zaguriki. The silk threads that are left behind in exchange for the life of the silkworms are truly the "threads of life." Please come and take a look at the shining white threads.

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