We often hear a saying that makes the ears cocoon: blue is better than blue, but few people know that the "blue" in this sentence refers to blue dye or indigo.
Indigo is an annual indigo plant, about the 6th century, indigo was introduced to Japan from China, because the dyed cloth, beautiful color, and does not fade for a long time, so it is widely cultivated in Japan.
The Yoshino River is a well-known river in Japan, and in the past history, like the Yangtze River, it often flooded, but because of this, a large area of fertile soil was formed on the Japanese island of Tokushima, and it was particularly suitable for cultivating Tateshina. As a result, the Yoshinogawa River basin gradually became the largest blue dyeing region in Japan, and the current indigo is often affectionately called Awa blue.
Indigo, in today's Japan, is also known as "JAPAN BLUE", because of its deep color and gorgeous color, it is known to the world, and is on a par with natural dyes such as Indian wood blue and European pine blue.
In today's highly modern world, although there are still many blue dyeing workshops in various parts of Japan, few really use natural indigo and follow traditional construction methods.
Planted in March and harvested twice a month in July and August, the harvested indigo is chopped, then dried, and a complex fermentation technique is used to make a dye: Apolloam, and the final blue dye made from Tokushima is Apo blue.
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