Dedicated artists keep Japan's ancient craft of temari alive

KAWARAMACHI, Japan – Time seems to stop here.

Women sit in a small circle, quietly, painstakingly stitching patterns on balls the size of an orange, a stitch at a time.

At the center of the circle is Eiko Araki, a master of the Sanuki Kagari Temari, a Japanese traditional craft passed down for more than 1,000 years on the southwestern island of Shikoku.

Each ball – known as a ‘temari’ ball – is a work



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