"moonlit night"
We tend to think that it is pitch black at nighttime, but moonlight is much brighter than one would expect.Especially in autumn the full moon is bright and glimmering.Looking out from a shore, Moonlight plays off the surface of the waves as they advance and recede while clouds rush about the night sky.
In such a theatrical display moonlight presents itself.
(Katsuji Wakisaka, the textile designer)

長月のテキスタイルデザインは「月夜」。
お月見は日本古来の習慣で、月が見える場所にススキを飾り、団子・里芋・御酒 を供えて観月を楽しみます。月見団子に見立てて積み重ねた4つお団子には、それぞれ違う味の餡が入ってい ます。
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The textile design for September is called "moonlit night".
Ceremonial moon viewing is an ancient Japanese custom and involves arranging a place from which one can view the moon while enjoying traditional delicacies of dango mochi, taro potatoes, and sake. We have made four dango mochi that are resemble traditional moon-viewing dango and are flavored with a distinct anko (sweetened red bean paste) for each individual dango.

(1)無花果・(2)さつまいも・(3)ゴマ・(4)ぶどう味の餡を外郎生地で包んで団子状にしました。食べる順番(1)→(4)を考えてお団子を積み重ねています。
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Flavored Dango In Order of Tasting:
1) Fig 2) Sweet Potato 3) Sesame 4) And lastly, mochi has been wrapped around grape flavored anko into the shape of dango.

京菓子老舗長久堂とのコラボレート。1年の移ろいをポップなテキスタイルデザインで表現し、和菓子に落とし込みました。
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We collaborated with famous Kyoto patisserie Choukyudou.
Our pop vibrant textile design reflect changes in the seasons and these are also expressed in our wagashi.

平成21年『PHPスペシャル』に毎月連載していた、『SOU・SOUだより』。
移ろい行く四季の和花を和菓子で表現しました。
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SOU・SOU's textile designer Katsuji Wakisaka has been publishing new textile design on monthly magazine, "PHP Special". The seasonal changes are expressed in our wagashi.

京菓子老舗『亀屋良長』さんとのコラボレート。
日本の歳時記を表現したテキスタイルに合わせて和菓子を製作しました。
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We collaborated with The noted Kyoto patisserie Kameya Yoshinaga.
Together we created wagashi that emphasize Japanese seasonal changes as well as our graphic textile prints.

華道家元池坊直営・日本華道社出版『四季の花手帖』で発表した12ヶ月の花を和菓子にしました。お菓子の製作は、京菓子の老舗『亀屋良長』さん。
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SOU・SOU designed a new flower design corresponding to each month of the year in "Flower Notes For the Four Seasons', the booklet published by Nihon Kadou Sha, operated by Ikenobo*.

Ikenobo*
Ikenobo is the original school that produced ikebana (traditional Japanese Buddhist floral design) as a unique artform in Japan
over five centuries ago and continue to spread awareness and knowledge of the ikebana tradition worldwide.