Some-no-Michi Road 2025
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Some no Michi Executive Committee
- subsidy category
- Regional Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY2024 2nd Term Regional Grant
Business Overview
From the early Showa period to the 1930s, the area along the Kanda-gawa River and Myoshoji-gawa River in Tokyo was known as one of the three major dye-producing areas along with Kyoto and Kanazawa, with more than 300 dye-related businesses concentrated there. Even today, artisans and artists who have inherited their techniques and are proposing new dyeing techniques gather around Ochiai-Nakai in Shinjuku Ward. “Some no Alley ” is a resident-led event that aims to reintroduce Ochiai and Nakai as a“ dye town ” to Japan and the world, and to revitalize the local community by allowing many people to directly experience the values and environment that the community has cherished. There are "River Gallery" where pieces of cloth are put up on the surface of the Myoshoji River, "Road Gallery" where "Noren" made by artists are displayed at the eaves of shops in the shopping district, and "Gogai Art Gallery" where traditional Japanese patterns are dyed on the banks of the Myoshoji River.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Event Friday, February 21, 2025 - Sunday, February 23
Sub-event Saturday, March 22, 2025 - Venues
- Around Ochiai and Nakai (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo)
*Information such as project outlines is provided by organizations and individuals providing subsidies.
Profile
[Some no Alley Executive Committee]
A voluntary organization established in 2010 by members who want to revitalize the Ochiai and Nakai areas. A wide range of participants will be dyeing businesses, shopkeepers of shopping districts, residents and local university students. Everyone worked with their own lunch. The representative is rotated every term, and dyeing, shops, and residents take turns to maintain the overall balance.