Born in 1972 in Nibutani, Biratori Town, Hokkaido. She grew up watching her late grandmother, Kimura Yaeko, who ran Kimura Mingei (Kimura Folk Crafts), weave attus (※1). From an early age, she helped with tasks such as tying and stretching threads. In her late thirties, she participated in a one-year program under the Traditional Craft Reproduction Grant Project, weaving an attus sash. Learningattus weaving from a traditional craftsman living in Nibutani during that program sparked a deep interest that continues to this day.

She mainly creates works in attus weaving. She is dedicated to producing extremely fine threads, aiming for delicate and precise weaves. Because attus weaving is such a labor-intensive process, she believes that genuine passion is the key to continuing the craft. She also handles dyeing, using materials such as indigo and walnut to color the bark of the Ohyo, an elm tree used forattus weaving, expanding the creative possibilities of her attus works.

She says Nibutani is the kind of place that makes you want to return once you have left. She feels that being in this environment is what allows her to keep weaving attus, which she loves so much. She hopes to continue weaving for as long as her grandmother did.

A Member of the Nibutani Craft Association.

Note:
※1 Attus is a traditional Ainu textile, plain-woven from fibers extracted from the inner bark of trees such as the Japanese elm Ohyo (Ulmus laciniata, also known as lobed elm), as well as the garments made from it. Nibutani Attus, woven using traditional techniques handed down in the Nibutani region of Biratori, is a designated Traditional Craft Product of Japan. Nibutani Attus is a special brand that can only be called as such when created only by specially recognized weavers.