The first International Kumihimo Conference took place in Kyoto in November 2007. Information about that conference can be found at;
http://www.kumihimoconf.org/
The conference proceedings were published as a 147 page book - "Space, Time & Braid".
This includes all the papers presented at the conference, information about the workshops (including instructions to make a number of different types of braid) and also photographs from the conference exhibition.
Sample pages of the book can be viewed at http://www.kumihimoconf.org/publication.html.Thanks to the generosity of the organisers of the 2007 conference, The Braid Society has a limited number of copies of "Space, Time & Braids" for sale.
The price is £20, plus postage & packing
(UK - £2.00, Europe £3.50, Rest of World - £3.00 for Surface mail, £5.50 by airmail).
If you are interested in obtaining a copy, please e-mail kyotobook@braidsociety.com
All profits from the sale of this book will be used to help fund the
2nd International Braiding Conference, "Braids 2012" to be held in Manchester.