Naju City, a central place of the ancient culture of Korea, is the one where cotton fabrics, silk, and natural dyeing culture have developed from ancient time.

Naju City, which formed on the plain of the Yeongsangang riverside, has developed fabrics and natural dyeing culture along with the formation of a city from ancient time thanks to plenty of water, fertile soil and warm climatic environment, and such traditions are being inherited and developed even now.

In Naju City, Korea’s traditional indigo blue dyeing technique & culture are transmitted and developed uniquely led by Korea’s two important intangible cultural property No. 115 Yeomsaekjang artisans.
Naju City is playing an innovative leading role even in natural dyeing industrial sector.