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Private Room Details
Private Room – room layout varies - includes 3 daily meals – convenient parking – Check-in Sunday, Check out Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Daily maid service
- Individually Controlled HVAC
- Wi-Fi
- Internet Radio
- Mini fridge
- Coffee maker
- Hair Dryer
- Iron & ironing board
- Convenient Parking
Shared Room (with another student) Details
Two queen beds – shared with another student - room layout varies - includes 3 daily meals – convenient parking – Check-in Sunday, Check out Friday.
All rooms include the following amenities:
- Daily maid service
- Individually Controlled HVAC
- Wi-Fi
- Internet Radio
- Mini fridge
- Coffee maker
- Hair Dryer
- Iron & ironing board
- Convenient Parking
Day Student Details
Includes daily lunch, onsite parking, studio access, and MISA staff.
*Day Student is only available for certain workshops at MISA's Tucson Campus*
Meal Plan Details
Three exquisite meals are prepared daily by a master chef and served in the stately Ranch dining room with sweeping views of the Rincon Mountains. In the morning you can indulge in fruit and yogurt, crisp bacon with eggs, or the Ranch’s signature pancakes.
The gourmet buffet lunch with salads, seasonal vegetables and a daily variety of entrees will keep you energized for the rest of your workshop day.
In the evening, the southwest dinner cuisine will delight you and the Ranch barbeque at their Cottonwood Grove is always a highlight for the week.
During the week, several indoor and outdoor specialty dining events are held. These special events include the Cottonwood Grove Ranch Barbeque with live entertainment.
Genre: Fiber Arts
5 Day Sashiko Learning Retreat '27
Availability: Spaces Available
Instructor:
Workshop Description:
Atsushi, as a Sashiko Artisan with decades of experience, often states that Sashiko is more than Stitching. It is our intention to share what “More” can indicate for the participants for this 5-Days Sashiko Learning Retreat.
In this workshop, we will go through the whole practice of our Sashiko practice starting with intensive learning & applying the new technique and mindset to your ordinary. The first part is Core & Essence where Atsushi introduces the most important element in our Sashiko Stitching – Unshin (Needle Movement). While the participants practice the Unshin after our detailed, hands-on explanation, Atsushi shares the stories about Sashiko to enrich the understanding of the cultural practice.
After you learn the “Core & Essence” of Sashiko, we will spend the 2nd half of the retreat to explore how we can apply the Core & Essence into many Sashiko projects. The Application & Practice includes stitching on your favorite garment, Hitomezashi, Mending, and learning/practicing throughout the process of Sashiko we practice.
The Sashiko introduced in English today is quite simplified & romanticized. Unfortunately, it is focused on “Outcomes” too much based on the Western values. One side particularly talks about “Rules” – and others go to the other extreme of embracing imperfection saying “it is okay to be unskilled”. The sashiko doesn’t exist in this Dualism. Sashiko can bring us experiences similar to Zen – but the principle is opposite. There are more important things than making “accurate” stitches or stitching “fast” – by learning the Sashiko from Sashiko Artisans, it will happen to be accurate & able to stitch faster.
We hope that these 5 days will be not only the opportunity to learn the new skills, but open up to the new idea of how to approach our lives.
This Workshop requires the purchase of a $175.00 Supply Packet prior to the workshop, that can be purchased here:
https://www.atsushi.japanesesashiko.com/misa2027tucson
Please purchase the packet anytime between March 1 - December 1, 2026.
Workshop Schedule:
Sunday Night: Welcome Reception at 6pm
Monday – Friday: 9am – 4pm
*Subject to change*
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