A quickie Fun Link Friday today for those of you slogging your way back from the holidays! Great Big Story recently posted a video on traditional indigo dyeing in Japanese culture. Did you know that indigo is fire-retardant? Or even bacteria resistant? Check out the video below for a brief introduction to this fascinating (and shrinking) industry in Japan.

And if you liked that, you can see a half-hour video on the details of the indigo dyeing process, with this additional video below!