(Hours subject to change during special events. Refer to niwa.org/early-garden-closures)

JFG General Admission Fee: Adults $12.00

Students, seniors (over 65) & Active-Duty Military (with valid I.D) $ 10.00

NUNO—which simply means “cloth” in Japanese—is headed by world-renowned textile designer Reiko Sudo, who launched the company more than 35 years ago with textile icon Jun’ichi Arai. NUNO seamlessly networks the independent spinners, dyers and mills that still survive in villages throughout Japan with a highly-developed communications infrastructure. 

NUNO textiles are not only beautiful to look at and handle, but are also practical--having applications for both fashion and interior. The textiles frequently combine inherent properties of natural yarns with synthetic fibers, and traditional techniques with the very latest advances in technology. According to Sudo, “At NUNO, textiles are our language, our inspiration, our aspiration. When we create our textiles, nature and tradition are woven with technology.”

“NUNO, the Language of Textiles” showcases thirty of Sudo’s most iconic designs in an intimate format that allows visitors to interact directly with the fabrics, experiencing the structure, texture and drape of each one up close. The first west coast NUNO exhibition in over a decade, the Inamori Pavilion at the base of the Japanese Friendship Garden, with its authentically Japanese, yet state-of-the-art, architecture, is an ideal venue for this celebration of tradition and innovation. A curated selection of NUNO products will be available at the JFG gift shop. 

Examples of NUNO fabrics have been included in many international exhibitions and are held in the permanent collections of more than twenty-five major museums worldwide, including The Victoria & Albert Museum, The Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian Design Museum), The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).