We where send these awesome towels from our friends in Japan. Everything is so carefully crafted from the gift wrapping around the box to the folded starched towels themselves. Shirayuki-fukin literally means "white snow cloth" . The towels are very popular in japan. The cotton fabric was used to make mosquito netting in Nara prefecutre in Japan but with the introduction of screens for doors and windows after WW2 the demand for mosquito nets disappeared. These beautiful cloths are super soft and absorbent once they are 'de-starched' For more on Shirayuki-fukin photo: will sherman
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Shirayuki-fukin towels
We where send these awesome towels from our friends in Japan. Everything is so carefully crafted from the gift wrapping around the box to the folded starched towels themselves. Shirayuki-fukin literally means "white snow cloth" . The towels are very popular in japan. The cotton fabric was used to make mosquito netting in Nara prefecutre in Japan but with the introduction of screens for doors and windows after WW2 the demand for mosquito nets disappeared. These beautiful cloths are super soft and absorbent once they are 'de-starched' For more on Shirayuki-fukin photo: will sherman
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