Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Shigeru Uchida, a weaver at Momotaro Jeans, holds a wooden shuttle ...
Hand-dyed denim and vintage machines are used to make jeans that sell for up to US$1,400 a pair in town where even the roads ...
KOJIMA, Okayama (AP) -- Denim, that All-American fabric, is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima, where the main road is named Jeans Street, with real pairs of pants flapping like flags ...
Some would call this spot in southwestern seaside Okayama Prefecture a mecca of jeans, where fans from around the world make pilgrimage. The soda vending machines at the train station are ...