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Kiyoko Mori’s livelihood was washed away on March 11, 2011, when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and a tsunami hit her farm in Japan’s Fukushima prefecture. The disaster caused a meltdown at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi power plant, which then spewed massive amounts of radioactive particles which contaminated the soil. Unable to grow food crops, Mori learned about indigo cultivation and dyeing from a team of experts at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. She now heads the local indigo dye interest group Japan Blue, which aims to revive the local community with an annual exhibition and training that introduces more than 100 people to the traditional craft each year.

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