About meihana

meihana started online in 2021 in a small old house in Tokyo, Japan.

With a desire to spread Japanese culture to the world, meihana exhibited at Japan Expo Paris in France in 2022 and Vancouver Fashion Week in Canada in 2024.

My English is not good and there may be some strange sentences from your point of view.
However, I am writing this message to you because I was born in Japan and I want everyone outside of Japan to know about Japan's good old traditional culture and unique design.

Materials used for clothing include tenugui hand towels, kimonos, furoshiki wrapping cloths, big fish flags, and banners.
These are Japanese cloths that have been familiar to the Japanese people in their daily lives since ancient times.

In today's Japan, kimono are worn less and less often, and many kimonos are disposed of.
However, I want to bring the beauty and wonder of traditional Japanese culture back to the world in the form of Western-style clothing that is accessible to people today.

Some have been used a lot, some have been lying dormant waiting their turn in the sun, and some have tears, stains, and color transfers that would be discarded if seen by an uninitiated observer.

With gratitude and respect for the fact that these fabrics have survived for so many years, we are now breathing life back into them in the form of upcycling so that they can be cherished as someone's favorites again in a new age.

All products are handmade and one-of-a-kind, and I work alone from purchasing, production, photography, updating the online store, and shipping.

Sometimes it is not possible to prepare a wide variety of products in our online store, but we are always ready to accept orders for your exclusive custom-made products.

 

●About dyeing

 

Many tenugui are initially white in color, but are dyed with persimmon tannin.

Kakishibu is a natural dye made by aging astringent persimmons, which have been used in Japan for centuries, for a long time.

When dyed once, the cloth is dyed a pink-beige color.

Dyeing the fabric multiple times makes the color dark brown, or dyeing it gray using a mordant made from extracted iron, and the way the color comes out varies depending on the concentration, temperature, and humidity.

Please enjoy the unique color change of Kakishibu over time.