KYOTO, Japan — The first time I saw Mitsuru Yokoyama’s tatami was a few years ago in the House of Hosoo, the atelier of a kimono silk company in Kyoto ... first came across Mr. Yokoyama’s tatami ...

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 ...

American” fabric, is all about being Japanese in the town of Kojima, where the main road is named Jeans Street, with real ...

Jeans made here aren’t cheap, ranging in price from a relatively affordable 33,000 yen ($230) per pair to 200,000 yen ($1,400 ...