Everyone can tell this is a Japanese brand and it is, and the most magnificent one. Why? Otsuka was established in 1872 to import western dress shoes into Japan and commissioned Goodyear Welting machine in 1921, it is even the very first batch of shoe factories adopting Goodyear machines. Ever since its establishment, it is
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Union Royal released a child brand in 2003, the selling point is Bolognese Goodyear construction. I know it may puzzle a lot of people, because basically Bolognese construction is a fork of Blake stitches, and the difference is the upper is circled up till the bottom. Plus Goodyear, which means the middle sole is stitched
The name looks like American, but it is Japanese. Also sounds like a casual boot brand, and the fact is it only makes dress shoes, price starts from 750 USD. Post Views: 2,928
Previously Oriental this Japanese preimum brand has been introduced, and Origio is the entry level of this company released in 2017. Post Views: 1,582
I used to think in Japan this over mature market, no space for new brand, but it is wrong, and Oriental is a good example. Oriental is quite complex, on one hand, it owns a factory and makes private labels for other Japanese brands, on the other hand, it runs a select shoe shop, in
Miyagi Kogyo was founded in 1941 by request of Japanese Military, and the first factory which imported Goodyear machine. After war, it started to produce shoes for Baker. Post Views: 1,998
A fairly new Japanese brand estalished in 2013. Japanese bespoke shoes and shoemakers are highly regarded globally, however its Ready To Wear is largely unknown and not talked about outside of Japan. The founder, Teppei Yoshimi after study in London Cordwainers College, went back to Japan and opened a shoe repair shop. For the years
Which country is the biggest dress shoe market? The answer is Japan. Because when dress code is loosen all around the world, Japanese love to wear dress shoes still. So if you ask many high end dress shoe brands which country is their focus beside its own country, the answer is Japan. Post Views: 1,854