Kyoto Kimono Workshops

Yesterday, a friend of mine who produces kimono for Kyoto geisha took me on a tour of some of Kyoto's traditional kimono workshops. About 20 workshops participate in the production of a single kimono. We visited four: the dye workshop that does the base color, the workshop where they steam the color to set it, the yuzen painting workshop where they paint the patterns, and a workshop where they embroider the final pattern. I was amazed at the amout of work that goes into a kimono.