Folded cotton tenugui towel with red and white diagonal stripes, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui paper band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui with diagonal red stripes and a small blue paper plane motif.
Folded cotton tenugui towel with blue wave pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Takamatsu paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with blue wave lines and a small yellow paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with blue horizontal stripes, in a Traveler's Tenugui Onomichi paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with blue horizontal stripes and a small yellow paper plane motif.
Folded cotton tenugui towel with green dot pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Shizuoka paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with green dot patterns and a small red paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with black polka dot print, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui paper band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui printed with rows of black dots and a small pink paper plane.
Folded cotton tenugui towel with yellow wave-line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Tottori paper band.
Close-up of cotton tenugui printed with concentric yellow line patterns and a small teal paper plane.
Folded cotton tenugui towel with green zigzag pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Oita paper band.
Close-up of cotton tenugui cloth with green zigzag print and a small red paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with green dash and dot pattern, wrapped in a Shodoshima paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with dark green dashed diamond pattern and a small orange arrow.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with red looping line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Ise & Toba paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui cloth printed with pink looping lines and a small blue paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with red scale-pattern arcs, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Nagoya paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with red wave-scale pattern and a small blue paper plane motif.
Folded white tenugui towel with orange line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui "Nara" paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with flowing orange lines and a small red paper plane motif.
Folded black cotton tenugui towel with white roof-tile pattern, wrapped in a Noto Peninsula paper band.
Close-up of black cotton tenugui towel with white scalloped wave pattern and small green paper plane logo.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with red Tokyo Tower motif, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with tall red ladder motifs and a small black paper plane logo.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with a dark purple grid pattern, in a paper band labelled Kyoto.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with purple grid pattern and a small blue paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui with dark red dotted wave pattern, wrapped in a Kagoshima paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with red dotted fan pattern and a small yellow paper plane logo.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with navy diagonal dashed lines, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Aomori paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with navy dashed lines and a small red paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with turquoise wavy line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Shiga paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with turquoise wavy lattice pattern and small teal paper plane logo.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with olive stripe pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Shimane paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with olive dashed lines and a small blue paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with green wavy line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Gunma band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with pale blue wave-like brushstrokes and a small yellow paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with dark green vertical stripes, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Akita paper band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui printed with dark green vertical dashes and a small orange paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with orange curved dashes, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Okinawa paper band.
Close-up of a folded white cotton tenugui printed with orange curved dashes and a small blue paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with blue geometric line pattern, wrapped in a Nagano paper band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui printed with blue zigzag line patterns and a small red paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with green diagonal grid pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Hokkaido band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui cloth with a green grid pattern and small paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel printed with red dashes, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Nagasaki paper band.
White cotton tenugui towel printed with scattered red dashes and a small navy paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with mustard curved line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Ibaraki paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui towel printed with orange oval outlines and a small pink paper plane.
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Folded cotton tenugui towel with red and white diagonal stripes, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui paper band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui with diagonal red stripes and a small blue paper plane motif.
Folded cotton tenugui towel with blue wave pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Takamatsu paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with blue wave lines and a small yellow paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with blue horizontal stripes, in a Traveler's Tenugui Onomichi paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with blue horizontal stripes and a small yellow paper plane motif.
Folded cotton tenugui towel with green dot pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Shizuoka paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with green dot patterns and a small red paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with black polka dot print, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui paper band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui printed with rows of black dots and a small pink paper plane.
Folded cotton tenugui towel with yellow wave-line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Tottori paper band.
Close-up of cotton tenugui printed with concentric yellow line patterns and a small teal paper plane.
Folded cotton tenugui towel with green zigzag pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Oita paper band.
Close-up of cotton tenugui cloth with green zigzag print and a small red paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with green dash and dot pattern, wrapped in a Shodoshima paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with dark green dashed diamond pattern and a small orange arrow.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with red looping line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Ise & Toba paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui cloth printed with pink looping lines and a small blue paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with red scale-pattern arcs, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Nagoya paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with red wave-scale pattern and a small blue paper plane motif.
Folded white tenugui towel with orange line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui "Nara" paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with flowing orange lines and a small red paper plane motif.
Folded black cotton tenugui towel with white roof-tile pattern, wrapped in a Noto Peninsula paper band.
Close-up of black cotton tenugui towel with white scalloped wave pattern and small green paper plane logo.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with red Tokyo Tower motif, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with tall red ladder motifs and a small black paper plane logo.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with a dark purple grid pattern, in a paper band labelled Kyoto.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with purple grid pattern and a small blue paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui with dark red dotted wave pattern, wrapped in a Kagoshima paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with red dotted fan pattern and a small yellow paper plane logo.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with navy diagonal dashed lines, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Aomori paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with navy dashed lines and a small red paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with turquoise wavy line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Shiga paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui with turquoise wavy lattice pattern and small teal paper plane logo.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with olive stripe pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Shimane paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with olive dashed lines and a small blue paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with green wavy line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Gunma band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui printed with pale blue wave-like brushstrokes and a small yellow paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with dark green vertical stripes, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Akita paper band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui printed with dark green vertical dashes and a small orange paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with orange curved dashes, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Okinawa paper band.
Close-up of a folded white cotton tenugui printed with orange curved dashes and a small blue paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with blue geometric line pattern, wrapped in a Nagano paper band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui printed with blue zigzag line patterns and a small red paper plane.
Folded white cotton tenugui with green diagonal grid pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Hokkaido band.
Close-up of a white cotton tenugui cloth with a green grid pattern and small paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel printed with red dashes, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Nagasaki paper band.
White cotton tenugui towel printed with scattered red dashes and a small navy paper plane motif.
Folded white cotton tenugui towel with mustard curved line pattern, wrapped in a Traveler's Tenugui Ibaraki paper band.
Close-up of white cotton tenugui towel printed with orange oval outlines and a small pink paper plane.
SKU: PS001-L

Tenugui / Tour de Nippon (PAPERSKY)

By Papersky
$20.00 USD
Style
Minus Plus

Cotton tenugui towels with patterns representing rural prefectures from PAPERSKY's Tour de Nippon project.

For this series, PAPERSKY teamed up with traditional Japanese tenugui maker Kamawanu. Each towel is hand-dyed using the chusen method, with patterns hand-cut by craftspeople. Tenugui have been the towel of choice for Japanese travelers since the Edo period, because the specially woven cotton absorbs moisture well and dries in a flash.

Dimensions: (W)13" x (H)35.4"
Made in Japan

The patterns are based on characteristics specific to each area:

  • Official: PAPERSKY identity and Japanese flag colors in motion
  • Takamatsu: rolling sea and udon noodles
  • Onomichi: quiet sea
  • Shizuoka: green tea fields
  • Tanba Sasayama: black edamame beans
  • Tottori: sand dunes
  • Oita: madake bamboo
  • Shodoshima: olives and leaves
  • Ise & Toba: clouds over Ise Shrine
  • Nagoya: scales of the golden fish on the castle rooftop
  • Nara: somen noodles
  • Noto Peninsula: black-tile rooftops
  • Tokyo: Tokyo Tower
  • Kyoto: goban-no-me grid streets
  • Kagoshima: sweet potatoes of Ryukyu
  • Aomori: snow on the mountains
  • Shiga: ripples on Lake Biwa
  • Shimane: the giant straw rope of Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine
  • Gunma: horses in the wind
  • Akita: Japanese cedar
  • Okinawa: traditional roof tiles and a love of dance
  • Nagano: mountain ranges and the Japanese Alps
  • Hokkaido: honeydew melon
  • Nagasaki: champon noodles and many islands
  • Ibaraki: natto beans
  • Kochi: pristine waterways

PAPERSKY brings inflight magazines onto the ground and beyond, promoting travel, revealing treasured cultures of Japan, and collaborating with designers to produce original goods for adventures outdoors and within.

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