Nawrap: Nara Mosquito-Net Cloth in Naramachi
Meet a working Nara textile tradition through mosquito-net cloth, contemporary designs and a small in-store café.
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Nawrap's Naramachi shop is a way to encounter a local material without pretending a retail visit is a factory tour. Its maker, Maruyama Textile Industries, has made mosquito-net fabric in Nara since 1930. At the shop opened in 2005, cloth once associated with household netting becomes layered kitchen cloths, towels and other everyday goods, while displays connect the products with local artists. The manufacturer's factory is in Tenri; the visitor shop is at 5 Komyoincho in Nara City, despite a misleading Tenri region label in an older prefectural directory.
Follow the fabric, not just the souvenir shelf
Traditional kaya, or mosquito-net, cloth begins as an open plain weave. The maker's process guide explains that keeping the spaces between threads even requires careful preparation; the cloth is then dyed, cut and layered to make sturdy kitchen cloths. That history gives a small, packable item a specific Nara connection. Look at how the texture and layers differ among products, and check the material and care label before choosing something for a kitchen or as a gift.
See how the old material is reworked
Maruyama Textile Industries describes a Nara factory that handles the production stages for its Nawrap line. The Naramachi shop shows the design end of that process: coloured cloths, household textiles and book covers, including collaborations with Nara-based artists. Its published ranges are examples, not a guarantee that a particular pattern or price is on the shelf on the day you arrive. The official online catalogue is useful for checking current designs, but the physical shop should be contacted about stock or shipping needs.
Pause in the shop gallery and café
The operator says the Komyoincho premises opened as a place to exhibit and communicate Nara textile work on 1 July 2005. It describes drawings and paintings on display as well as a café table for coffee or tea. Treat the artwork and the small café as part of a shop visit, subject to current service, rather than as a separately ticketed museum. The website does not offer a public weaving workshop or factory tour here, so do not plan on making a cloth at this address.
Find the Naramachi address, not the Tenri factory
The brand's company page distinguishes its manufacturing headquarters at 695 Nagara-cho, Tenri from its shop and showroom at 5 Komyoincho, Nara. The prefectural travel guide prints the Nara address yet files the candidate under Tenri and gives a different telephone number and schedule. For a visitor, the shop's own page is the better source: use the Komyoincho address, its current opening times and 0742-22-8851. No dedicated parking is offered; combine the stop with a walk through central Nara rather than navigating to the factory.
Make the stop useful to your itinerary
The shop is suited to a shorter craft-and-design stop between Naramachi streets and nearby cultural sites. If you are buying for someone abroad, ask staff about the fibre content, washing instructions and available packaging, and check any current tax-free or international-shipping policy directly; neither service was confirmed in the checked shop guide. Café service, patterns and stock can change. Confirm today's opening before making a special journey, especially around holidays.
What to look for
Nara mosquito-net weaving translated into daily-use cloths
In-store displays and café within a Naramachi shop
A local maker's products and Nara artist collaborations
Photo notes
No Nawrap shop, artwork, product or café photo has been licensed for MyNara. Ask staff before photographing inside, especially displayed artwork, products and other customers. Do not copy photographs from the operator or prefectural guide into the site without permission.
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Sources & editorial status
Original MyNara draft based on the linked sources. Sources reviewed 20 October 2026. Opening arrangements, prices and offers may change; use the operator's current information before travelling.