A selvedge denim pioneer weighs in on his 5 most-worn jeans

Self Edge founder Kiya Babzani helped introduce Japanese denim to America. These are the jeans he’s rocking right now.
Business Wire

MOMOTARO JEANS Launches Rebrand to Become a Global Denim Brand from Japan to Carry Forward to the Next Generation

“MOMOTARO JEANS KYOTO" will open on Saturday, July 13 th as a hub to deliver MOMOTARO JEANS’ exquisite craftsmanship of the artisans from Kojima, Okayama OKAYAMA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MOMOTARO ...
The New York Times

Finding Denim Nirvana in a Visit to Japan’s Jeans Street

Japanese denim could make you the coolest gift giver on the planet. Kojima Jeans Street and several small side streets are together lined with more than 40 shops selling popular Japanese jeans brands ...
朝日新聞社

Full Count jeans maker embodies craft and value of Japanese denim

When Mikiharu Tsujita launched Full Count in 1992, he did so with a singular, almost romantic ambition: to re-create the jeans he revered most—the Levi’s 501s of the 1940s and ’50s, the bedrock of ...
Newsday

Japan's Kojima, with its proud Jeans Street, draws fans of vintage, deep-blue denim

KOJIMA, Japan — 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 overhead.