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One of Japan’s most respected denim labels, Japan Blue Jeans has landed in Osaka. The brand started business at its new flagship store in Umeda’s Chayamachi on Thursday March 5 as part of a double opening that also saw the brand set up shop in Fukuoka.
Founded in 2010 in Kojima – the small Okayama town that produced Japan’s first domestically made jeans and has since earned a reputation as the heart of the country’s denim tradition – Japan Blue Jeans has built a following for bringing genuine selvedge craftsmanship to a wider audience.
Where its sister label Momotaro Jeans is a collector’s favourite famous for traditional cuts, Japan Blue Jeans trades in the same Kojima-made fabrics and hand-crafted construction but with slimmer, more modern silhouettes and at a more accessible price point.
At the new Osaka flagship, the range of items spans jeans and jackets for men and women across a variety of selvedge fabrics – from lightweight everyday options to heavier raw denim – all woven on traditional shuttle looms and finished with details like custom buttons and hand-stitched leather patches that tend to get lost at this price bracket elsewhere.
The central Chayamachi, with its mix of independent shops and cultural venues a short walk from Hankyu Osaka-Umeda Station, is a fitting home for a label that aims to keep one foot in Japan’s denim tradition and the other on the cutting edge of modern fashion.
Japan Blue Jeans Osaka. 4-6 Chayamachi, Kita, Osaka. 11am to 8pm daily. For more details, check out their website.
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