Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Shigeru Uchida, a weaver at Momotaro Jeans, holds a wooden shuttle next to a vintage loom machine in Kojima ...

"More like making a kimono" is the way Yoshiharu Okamoto, a dyeing craftsman at Kojima-based manufacturer Momotaro Jeans, puts it. His hands and nails are tinged blue from dipping threads of ...

“More like making a kimono” is the way Yoshiharu Okamoto, a dyeing craftsman at Kojima-based manufacturer Momotaro Jeans, puts it. His hands and nails are tinged blue from dipping threads of ...

“More like making a kimono” is the way Yoshiharu Okamoto, a dyeing craftsman at Kojima-based manufacturer Momotaro Jeans, puts it. His hands and nails are tinged blue from dipping threads of ...

The Japanese town of Kojima is all about denim. The main road is named Jeans Street, pairs of jeans flap like flags overhead, the drinks vending machines at the railway station are plastered with ...

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Konami will release Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Asia Edition in Asia (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Korea) and Momotaro ...

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Kristina Rutkowski is a New York-based freelance editor and writer with over 12 years in the fashion industry, specializing in trends, shopping and all things fashion.

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