Japan, by prefecture

A clay, a weave, a lacquer belongs to a valley long before it belongs to a country. This is where the index reaches — and where it doesn't, yet.

OKINAWA

44 brands in Tokyo

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Objects shaped by the Three primary forms

9-jour.

9-jour.

Plant-dyed denim made in Japan

A ccordion

A ccordion

Knitwear shaped through yarn structure

AKIRANAKA

AKIRANAKA

Pattern-cut womenswear with formal precision

Amoskeag

Amoskeag

Material studies in workwear clothing

ancre

ancre

Material-led leather bags in restraint

Apartment Three

Apartment Three

Tokyo menswear with tailored clarity

Bal Original

Bal Original

Tokyo menswear shaped by subculture

Blue Blue Japan

Blue Blue Japan

Tokyo casualwear built through continuity

Calmanthology

Calmanthology

Japanese leather shoes, carefully recalibrated

CFCL

CFCL

Programmable knitwear for contemporary life

Cohérence

Coats built from the golden age of outerwear

COMOLI

COMOLI

Everyday clothing for a modern Japanese life

DROP GROOMING

DROP GROOMING

Fragrance-led Japanese grooming and perfume

Ethosens

Ethosens

Experimental tailoring through Japanese textiles

EUCHRONIA

EUCHRONIA

Memory translated into original lace

FILL THE BILL

FILL THE BILL

Archive-led Japanese everyday clothing

Gajess

Gajess

Refined womenswear shaped by cut

Hololi

Hololi

Japanese craft across everyday senses

KATIM

KATIM

Japanese footwear shaped by walking

LIBERATO

LIBERATO

Tatami and leather, made usable

MARKAWARE

Farm to closet — menswear designed from the fibre up

Marno

Marno

Tokyo womenswear shaped by softness

Menes

Menes

Okayama denim for contemporary streetwear

Mue

Mue

Handcrafted soap shaped by process

newscape

newscape

Transparency-led natural skincare from Japan

NICENESS

Menswear cut from antique kimono textiles

noiseless

noiseless

Quietly edited objects for daily use

OPEN SESAME CLUB

OPEN SESAME CLUB

Knitwear-led womenswear shaped through texture

PASTOR NOVA

PASTOR NOVA

Technical clothing built around wool

Phigvel Makers & Co.

New classic workwear, rebuilt in Tokyo

PHINGERIN

Began with pyjamas, cut from luxury shirting

Popeye

Popeye

Japanese magazine for urban culture

Sage de Cret

Military and workwear traditions, treated as tailoring

SENN

SENN

Japanese beauty through fewer steps

SISI

SISI

Edited skincare for daily routines

ssstein

Refined menswear built on how clothes are worn in

Syncs

Syncs

Circular clothing built for return

THE

THE

Japanese standards for everyday objects

TOCT

TOCT

Reinterpreting Kintsugi as Contemporary Jewelry

Trove

Trove

Relaxed clothing shaped through production

ts(s)

Italian tailoring, American workwear, Japanese styling

Tuuli

Tuuli

Manufacturer-led everyday wear and objects

URUH

URUH

Textile-led Japanese womenswear with structure

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