{"id":6688,"date":"2017-12-20T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T01:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:36:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T06:36:23","slug":"amakusa-saraca-somemoto-nonoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/2017\/12\/20\/amakusa-saraca-somemoto-nonoya\/","title":{"rendered":"Amakusa Saraca Somemoto Nonoya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While in town, spare some time to visit the shop that makes traditional Sarasa design. \u00a0Sarasa is a unique fabric pattern from Amakusa and is derived from the Portuguese word <em>calico<\/em> or printed cotton cloth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6691\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sarasa was brought to Japan by the Portuguese traders from India. The design became popular among the Japanese during the Edo period. It was used to introduce the history and culture of Amakusa. When the oppression of Christians rose in Amakusa, the people used Sarasa designs as a medium to secretly express their faith.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6692\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-3-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The colors found in Sarasa patterns are created using plant dyes. The most common designs of Sarasa are birds, plants, flowers, and nature. These designs were applied to products like futon covers, pouches, and wrapping cloths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6690\" src=\"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/Nonoya-Sarasa-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sarasa is a very rare find in Amakusa. In fact, the only one practicing it in Amakusa is the owner of Nonoya Sarasa, who learned from the old residents of Amakasa at an early age. The owner was commissioned by the mayor of Amakusa to continue the Sarasa tradition and teach it to the younger generation.<\/p>\n<p>Immerse yourself in the culture of Amakusa and learn how to make Sarasa design! Price starts at \u00a52,500. The shop is open from 11:30 am to 6:00 pm and is closed every Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Address: 863-2171 Amakusa-shi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarasa is a unique fabric pattern from Amakusa and is derived from the Portuguese word for calico or printed cotton cloth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[975,21,71,974],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amakusa","category-souvenir","category-tourist-spot","category-amakusa-spot"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6688"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6842,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688\/revisions\/6842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}