When visiting the northern part of Kyoto, the rattling noise of the weaving machines can be heard from nowhere.
Tango has been long known for the village of fabric. The silk called “Tango Chirimen (silk crepe)” was originated in the Edo period. Its elegance and outstanding ability to dye, made it one of the most used material for kimonos, such as the yuzen printed style, and has been supporting Japan’s kimono culture ever since.

Tango is still one of Japan’s greatest silk producing areas, covering approximately 60% of the production for kimono fabric. One can experience the 300 years of the fabric’s history and culture by traveling around symbolic sceneries; the weaving houses and merchant houses, a combination of residence and factory, which were born through the work of producing fabric, the cityscape of triangle shaped roofs of fabric factories, and the Amanohashidate, a land scape sang in the Miyazu Bushi folk song.