A single thread becomes a pattern like a cosmos. Nishijin in Kyoto is the home of the luxury silk textile called Nishijin-ori. It was where the western army camped during the Onin War, hence the name, Nishijin, "western camp." For more than a thousand years, textiles have been made here, obi, kimono, Noh costumes, gorgeous cloth woven with gold and silver thread. Nishijin-ori is made by division of labor: one dyes the thread, another draws the design, another works the loom, more than twenty processes each handled by its own craftsman. A single obi passes through many hands before it is finally complete. Weaving is dizzying work, passing the thread one strand at a time, the pattern rising little by little. In the experience, you can touch this hand-weaving, facing the loom, passing the thread; even a few centimeters takes time. Knowing that labor, the weight of a single cloth looks different.