Kawashima Selkon Textiles joined the LIXIL Group in August 2014. Kawashima Selkon Textiles is known as one of the world's leading textile companies. It is engaged in two businesses: manufacture of clothing such as Kawashima kimono sashes that are much admired by kimono fans and art and craft textiles such as curtains for theatrical productions and festivals; and manufacture of products for interior decoration such as curtains, carpets, wallpaper and other wall coverings, a business that originally began when the company did the interior decoration for the Meiji Palace.