A joint pop-up titled "Mori to, Ori" (森と、織り, literally "Forest and Weaving") is being held at Hankyu Umeda Main Store in Osaka for seven days, from Wednesday, October 7 to Tuesday, October 13, 2026. The venue is Promotion Space 81 on the 8th floor.
Three brands take part: the forest fragrance brand yaso (ヤソ) and the sakiori (rag weaving) brand BOLOCO (ボロコ), both from Nagano, and the fabric label PHAPHIC (ファフィック) from Kyoto. Through home fabrics, fragrances, and other items that appeal to all five senses, the event suggests a richer way of living.
The three brands reinterpret Japan's regional resources, culture, and traditions in their products.
Three Highlights of the Event
1. Scent Tasting Experience of Nagano's Forests
The venue has a "scent tasting space" where visitors can try fragrances extracted from Nagano's forests. Forest fragrance brand yaso presents the fresh scent of trees, as if you were surrounded by a forest, and it can be experienced casually in the store.
Forest Scent Tasting Experience, produced by yaso
2. Weekend-Only Workshops on Fragrance and Hand Weaving
I. Distilling trees and making a forest perfume with materials from Nagano's forests
While watching a distillation demonstration using materials sent from Nagano's forests, participants make an original perfume (30 ml). You combine essential oils from trees, herbs, and more yourself to create a scent that is yours alone. The finished perfume can be taken home the same day.
- Date and time: Sunday, October 11, 12:00 PM to 12:45 PM / 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM / 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM
- Fee: ¥4,400 (tax included)
- How to join: Reservation required (walk-ins are possible if spots are available). Reservation page: https://reserve.hankyu-hanshin-dept.co.jp/events/detail/pd-1788418811742
Participants make an original perfume from essential oils from around the world, including yaso's own.
At yaso, trees from Nagano Prefecture are distilled to produce essential oils.
II. A first weaving experience: making a hand-woven charm from one-of-a-kind threads
Participants pick their favorite materials from one-of-a-kind items such as the selvedge of Banshu-ori (播州織) fabric and cloth torn from kimono that had been sleeping in a storehouse in Nagano. Using a loom, they carefully weave the materials together into an original charm, one of a kind, to add to a favorite bag or interior item. The charm can be taken home the same day.
- Date and time:
- Saturday, October 10: 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM / 2:00 PM to 2:45 PM / 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM / 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM / 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM
- Sunday, October 11: 10:30 AM to 11:15 AM / 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM
- Fee: ¥4,400 (tax included)
- How to join: Reservation required (walk-ins are possible if spots are available). Reservation page: https://reserve.hankyu-hanshin-dept.co.jp/events/detail/pd-1788418990165
On the day, the hand-woven charm is made on a tabletop loom.
Combined with the fragrance workshop, the charm can also be used as a diffuser.
3. Limited-Quantity Trial Kit "Mori no Kakera to, Ori no Kakera"
A limited-quantity trial kit, "Mori no Kakera to, Ori no Kakera" (森の欠片と、織りの欠片), is on sale for this pop-up. Buyers choose one sakiori diffuser from designs with different looks, and it is packed together with a mini size (10 ml) of yaso's signature fragrance "Jumoku" (樹木) to take home. Each sakiori diffuser is a handmade one-of-a-kind piece, assembled entirely from offcuts left over from the manufacturing process. It is a limited item prepared for this event period.
- Price: ¥3,300 (tax included), limited quantity
A limited label on the 10 ml mini size of yaso's signature fragrance "Jumoku".
A sachet that doubles as a fabric diffuser, rebuilt from leftover sakiori cloth.
Participating Brands
yaso (ヤソ, Nagano)
yaso is a forest fragrance brand based in Nagano Prefecture that brings the "scent of Japan's forests" into daily life. It makes the most of thinned wood that would otherwise be discarded and works with local foresters toward sustainable manufacturing.
- Online shop: https://shop.yaso.jp
- Instagram: @yaso_forest
Products that let you feel the "scent of the forest," including a skincare line made with the brand's own distilled essential oils.
Products are developed from waste wood generated in the forestry process.
BOLOCO (ボロコ, Nagano)
BOLOCO is a project based in Hara Village, Nagano Prefecture, that aims for the "upcycling of folk craft." Under the theme "OLD IS NEW," it shines a light on the traditional local handcraft "boro-bataori" (ぼろ機織り, rag weaving) of the Hara Village area. Using old cloth and kimono lying dormant in the region and leftover fabric from manufacturers, it explores, through collaborations, the making of things that create value that is, if anything, new for today. All products are handmade by weavers. Keeping its distance from a consumer society that mass-produces and discards, BOLOCO spreads the sustainability and possibilities of the time-consuming method of handwork.
- Official site: https://boloco.jp
- Instagram: @boloco_jp
The traditional local handcraft "boro-bataori" of Hara Village is brought into modern life, aiming for the "upcycling of folk craft."
All products are handmade by weavers.
PHAPHIC (ファフィック, Kyoto)
PHAPHIC is a fabric label that focuses on textile-producing regions, with the concept of "creating comfort from the weaving of production regions." Designs by graphic designers are expressed through locally rooted weaving, and proposed as cushions, slippers, and other items that fit modern life. At the pop-up, new Banshu-ori blankets and bags made exclusively for the event, among other items, will be sold.
- Official site: https://phaphic.jp
- Instagram: @phaphic_jp
Locally rooted weaving is proposed in forms that fit modern life.
Products are developed with a focus on textile-producing regions.
Event Information
- Dates: Wednesday, October 7 to Tuesday, October 13, 2026
- Venue: Hankyu Umeda Main Store, 8th floor, Promotion Space 81
- Address: 8-7 Kakudacho, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Hours: 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM
