I have some good news!
Starting tomorrow, I will spend three full days learning at a handweaving workshop in Bhaktapur, Nepal!
Three days may not sound like very long, but I will be staying at the workshop on my own and hope to make every hour count.
Age is catching up with me, and my memory is certainly not what it used to be. Even so, I intend to study as hard as I can and bring what I learn about Nepalese weaving back to Hitotsuya（ひとつ屋）.
Please look forward to seeing what comes from these three days!
Bhaktapur lies about 12 kilometres east of Kathmandu and is one of Nepal’s most important historic cities. Known locally in the Newar language as Khwopa, it once flourished as a royal centre under the Malla rulers of the Kathmandu Valley.
Its red-brick houses, brick-paved streets, temples, former royal buildings, woodcarving and pottery reflect the living culture of the Newar people. Bhaktapur is not simply a collection of preserved monuments: people still live, work, worship and celebrate festivals within the old city.
In 1979, UNESCO inscribed the Kathmandu Valley as a World Heritage property. It consists of seven separate monument zones. Bhaktapur Durbar Square is one of those zones; the designation does not cover the entire city of Bhaktapur.
▼ The handweaving workshop where I will be studying
▼ Bhaktapur, a town that feels like a scene from a Studio Ghibli film
▼ Streets of Bhaktapur
The streets and royal architecture of the city are introduced in more detail in “Nepal Travel Journal (4): Bhaktapur, an Ancient City (1)” (Japanese page).