Learn Textiles & Weaving in Osaka

Honest level: Beginner -> Instructor — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

Masters & lineage

• Misao Jo / SAORI lineage

Schools in Osaka

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• SAORI no Mori (SAORI Worldwide HQ, Izumi, Osaka)
  Multi-Day SAORI Retreat (3, 7 or 12 days)
  SAORINOMORI is the Izumi, Osaka headquarters and studio of the free-style SAORI hand-weaving method founded by Misao Jo in 1969, offering residential 3-, 7- or 12-day weaving retreats with on-site accommodation.
  https://www.saoriglobal.com/saorinomori
• Kawashima Textile School (Kyoto)
  Beginners Weaving Course (10 days, English)
  Founded in 1973 in the hills of Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kawashima Textile School runs a 10-day English-language Beginners Course in dyeing and weaving plus multi-week foundation and kasuri courses for international students.
  https://www.kawashima-textile-school.jp/e/international-course.html

The credential

Foundation Diploma in Tapestry Weaving (West Dean) or City & Guilds Certificate in Hand Weaving · Certifying body: City & Guilds / college diploma (e.g. West Dean Foundation Diploma in Tapestry Weaving)

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Textiles & Weaving

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.