Japan Blue Jeans Explains Why Japanese Denim Has to Be Handmade
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Some of the best jeans in the world are crafted in Kojima, a seaside district of Kurashiki, Okayama province. Widely known as Japan’s “denim capital,” Kojima has long been the textile mecca of the country and is where jeans were first produced in Japan. Amongst the cluster of denim manufacturers in the area, Japan Blue has separated itself with loyal followers through its quality in production. “We spend most of our time developing and creating the material, because that’s the essential element to quality denim” says Hiroki Kishimoto, longtime designer and founder of Japan Blue Jeans.
Continuing the tradition of crafting durable and timeless denim, Kishimoto and his team undergo a meticulous process each season, from the special wash and dye treatments to the way the denim is hand cut and sewn. While denim originally hails from the States, Kojima denim has set itself apart from competitors in the market by portraying a unique beauty in their jeans that reflects Kojima’s culture. We visited Japan Blue’s studio in Okayama to learn more about the “Kojima way” of creating denim.
In addition to the traditions of denim, Japan Blue is working with renown denim retailer Okayama Denim on an upcoming collaborative project. While details are sparse for now, be on the look out for this very special release when it drops later this year.
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Thank you japan for not manufacturing products the mass production way with cheap quality. It's so sad to see many american companies outsourcing nowadays, but I buy Japanese, Canadian, and American made goods whenever I can.
Jason Weber u sleep all bout Italian,german and japanese quality
I spent a sunny, August afternoon In Kojima down jeans street. Amazing place.
Hypebeast's video production is really A1. Love it
Definitely the best out there. Always so relaxing and feel good.
Impregnifyed jh
Wonderful watching the actual seams sewn with a moments pause, ensuring ensuring perfection of placement. Thank you for sharing.
love japan blue. just wish they had a higher rise
+Jake Heller You can go with their Momotaro line. It produced a jeans that looked more like a repro in the past.
japan blue high tapered my friend. i got a big ass from squatting and these bad boys got enough rise to cover my entire ass
Willy Shum I get self conscious that people look at my butt
JP0626 Godzilla 18oz High Rise
This video is dope. The Shift K3y song they used is just fitting. Style is what one makes of it and this is a video that inspires personal style in one aspect.
Awesome vid!
I love denim momotaro and japan blue
Great video.
Amazing
Japan denim has high quality and must be best in the world!!
I kept getting nervous for their fingers
Best denim in the world. Worth the price.
Love this brand sale.in Mexico please
I like it❤️
This is the Tokyo Olympic Games' color, Japan Blue, isn't it.
Love my JB Cote d'Ivoire, but because they're 1 size bigger than usual, feels like there's a ton of fabric beneath the knee. Want them hemmed and taken in but nervous about the local tailors.
I'm 3 years too late, but that's a very easy hem that any tailor with two eyes can do for you. You can also just rock big cuffs if you really don't trust them.
@@xjunkxyrdxdog89 Thanks for the reply. I ended up getting them tailored and despite it widening the selvedge stripe, have never regretted it. Fave pair of jeans. They're about worn thru, tho.
At the store it says the cotton is sourced from US, Africa and Australia
So the fabric from the cotton is made in Japan?
岡山デニムだー👖
what did you say?
whats the name of the song?
+Veredika The song is called Touch(oxford remix) by Shift k3y!
omegaziga 6
@@pnoimarker Thank you, Mark...👍
Me gusta Denim
Can anybody inform me about stretch on these. Particularly the 406 model. Thanks
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IN JAPAN ; QUALITY ÓTIMO !!
EXPORTADO PARA EXTERIOR !!!
QUALITY TEXTIL LINHAS MUITO
BOAS ; TINGIMENTOS É UM PROCESSO MUITO COM TÉCNICA
; DEMORADO !! MAS CONSEGUIRAM
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So he worked for Momotaro previously?
+Renanto Pratama Momotaro and Japan Blue come from a one company. It is called Japan Blue Group.
Made in Taipan,Japan.
I wish I could have 1 ._.
Buy one.
But is Japanese denim better than G Star Raw or Rockstar denim🤔?
Xavier Gwyn those brands are too urban for me. All I know is g star is a Dutch brand and rockstar is an American brand that most hip hop artist wear. Not gonna lie their jeans kinda look goofy like how these new rappers look nowadays. Half those people look borderline homosexuals. But at the end of the day taste is subjective, so you like those go for it.
Xavier Gwyn rockstars are slight trash but gstar is tuff
ジーンズ流行ったのなんて25年以上前からだろ
Daniel Caesar
So they cost more.
goblin slayer abridged
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bo burnham
I would rather pay the price for the quality. Not for those stupid hypebeast brands.
This is quality, its selvedge and raw
So hipsters will buy it, duh
haha handmade, all i see are machines
Alvin D ohh and the machines do all by their self ? smh
@@mrtmsfs he somehow missed all the hands in the video
@Tony they got lazer cnc doing it now it's crazy
@@frozenwalkway I'm not even sure if this is a joke or not... I could just imagine the smell of them laser cutting a whole stack of jeans... I know they used to "cookie cutter" the denim so I wouldn't be surprised.
@@xjunkxyrdxdog89 they got lazers that can do rips and fades at the same time its nuts
For all of that narrative, he never explains why Japanese denim has to be handmade. Other than because they cannot mass manufactured. So what? Is it a better product than naturally aged and worn American jeans? They looked pretty stiff to me. If they have to be "softened" by artificial means, they are producing nothing special.
+fattymoko it looks stiff because there are no artificial process on the fabric after they sew it to be a jeans. So basically you are wearing the raw fabric and that is why they call it "raw denim". The stiffness exist due to the starch that the fabric has but it does not last forever inside it. As you wear it it will get softer and softer overtime and you will get the personalize one of kind fades that belongs only to you. A beautiful product comes with work it might be stiff and uncomfortable to wear at first but all the hassle will all be worth it in the end.
fattymoko It's not just Japanese denim that is so great. Hey....they learned it from the United States of America. Cone Mills makes fantastic denim in North Carolina and there are others.
You have to purchase a pair of raw denim ONE TIME and only once. You will never go back to mass produced crap. There Really is a difference, and it is huge. This isn't a hipster thing. I'm soon to be 51 yrs. old and have worn raw denim basically my entire life. I'd never purchase a pair of denim unless it was raw, preferably loomstate. Should have a new pair of ST-121 from Self Edge here by the end of the week.👍
MrPocketfullOfSteel checkout Swissjeansfreak in Instagram. he's older than you and rock the raw denims we all love from different brands :)
MrPocketfullOfSteel cone mills in Greensboro, NC is where levis used to get its denim right? Also I thought cone mills went of business in the early 2000s.
So... do you own a pair yet?