Follow the painstaking process involved in creating obi (the sash worn with kimono and traditional Japanese clothing), using a specialised technique called hikihaku – weaving with precious metallic thread.
From the making of the thread itself, to weaving on the loom, watch as three different obis are made in the workshops of Kondaya Genbei – one from silver foil, one from mother of pearl, and one from the semi-precious stone, lapis lazuli.
