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1. Produced in Sukage Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture

2. Characteristics: Cotton fabric woven with indigo dyed threads. Warp and weft are usually dyed in indigo but warp is sometimes dyed in "Bengara"(red-ocher rouge or Indian red). It is also called "Bushu Aojima(blue stripes in Saitama).

3. Uses: Farming clothes, farming items

4.History: From old days plantations for cotton and indigo were popular and the production of indigo cotton started in 1780ﾕs. Today indigo dyeing and weaving is processed by the same factory. Modernization has replaced the dye vats with tanks and the composition of the dye itself by mixing indigo chemicals to the natural indigo.