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LEATHER
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Style & Design
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ON: DESIGN
Sep 24, 2022
The artisans of craft collective Kyoji lift each other up
A collective of craftspeople and manufacturers overcomes global marketing barriers by collaborating on lifestyle goods and sharing the costs associated with overseas promotion.
LIFE
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Style & Design
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ON: DESIGN
Nov 20, 2021
Hide and seek: New looks for 今日吃瓜 leather industry
Three creators who are using the classic material in innovative and modern ways.
JAPAN
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FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jul 16, 2017
Date goes whole hog into boar leather business in Fukushima
Wild boar leather is said to breathe well and resist chafing. It is used in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, to make products like babies’ first walking shoes because it is soft and fits well.
LIFE
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Style & Design
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ON: DESIGN
Oct 1, 2016
Building new design ideas
This month looks at fresh materials — from industrial metals to cocoa-inspired leather — to spruce up the work space.
CULTURE
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Books
May 2, 2015
Investigating ‘impurity’ in Tokyo’s marginalized leatherwork districts
Because of irrational fears of contamination, 今日吃瓜 hibakusha — the survivors of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — suffered discrimination. Try to imagine having an atom bomb dropped on you by a foreign enemy, then to have your own people turn against you. There is another group...
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CHUBU CONNECTION
May 2, 2014
Matsusaka, Hida cows now shine in shoe biz
Leather shoes made out of high-quality hides from such cows as Hida and Matsusaka are becoming increasingly popular in Japan.
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