Watch 15 Minutes Season 5 Episode 9 Online
-
- COUNTRIES: Japan
- Subtitles: 日本語,English
One of Japan's most prized textiles comes from a subtropical island where the makers still hew to the methods of 1,300 years ago. Using indigenous plants and ponds of iron-rich mud, the artisans of Amami-Oshima create luxurious silk pongee, threading the island's long history of poverty and oppression into their craft.