夜来 ・ YONAKU
01和服 ・ WAFUKU
Most of what is sold online as Japanese clothing is one silhouette under five names. Here each garment is what it says: a kimono jacket is cut short and open, a kimono wraps full length, a jinbei comes in two pieces.
Wafuku is built on the wrap, not the seam. A single length of cloth folds around the body and is held by a belt rather than buttons, which is why a haori or a kimono fits a range of bodies that Western tailoring does not. Men's and women's cuts differ only in sleeve length and print.
Short open jacket in the kimono cut, hip length. No obi, no fastening, worn over a tee.
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Full-length kimono and yukata, closed with an obi. Left over right, always.
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Two-piece jinbei in crinkled cotton gauze: top and shorts. Japanese loungewear built for heat.
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The haori, the traditional Japanese jacket, worn open over everything else.
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Long festival coat with the crest across the back. The loudest print in the wardrobe.
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02夜 ・ YORU
The sukajan jacket was embroidered in Yokosuka after the war for servicemen who wanted something to take home. Satin, reversible, a dragon or a tiger across the back: it is the one Japanese jacket the West kept, and our streetwear collection grew around it. Camp-collar shirts, denim shorts, cargo pants and chunky sneakers follow the same rule: one strong graphic, everything under it plain.
03室 ・ SHITSU
A Japanese room is marked, not decorated. A noren curtain at the door, a mask on the wall, a daruma that holds a goal and a maneki neko that beckons the money in. Add a paper lantern and a zabuton cushion and the vocabulary is complete.
Noren Curtains
Japanese Masks
Daruma Doll
Maneki Neko
夜 ・ YORU ・ NIGHT
Japanese clothing meant to be worn on a Tuesday, not kept for a festival you will never attend. Every piece here is cut to be lived in, and named so you know what you are buying.
OUR STORYthe name, the night, what we refuse05履物 ・ HAKIMONO
The oldest things in a Japanese wardrobe and the newest. Geta on two wooden teeth, zori flat and formal, waraji in straw and rope, all split between the first and second toe with the heel sitting slightly over the back edge. Then the sneakers that Tokyo wears with all of it.
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Waraji: flat woven straw sandals held on by rope cords that cross t...
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Flat sandals with a woven straw sole and a twisted straw rope thong...
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Zori: flat sandals with a black moulded sole, a woven mat footbed a...
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Two-tooth geta in near-black wood with a white padded strap printed...
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07街着 ・ MACHIGI
Embroidery catches a single light source and holds an edge that print flattens. That is why the sukajan sits at the centre of the streetwear collection and why the shirts around it stay plain.
These are the five shapes the rest of the catalogue is built around. Start with one strong graphic, a dragon on a sukajan or a koi on a camp shirt, and keep everything under it quiet: cargo pants, denim shorts, a chunky sneaker.
Embroidered satin souvenir jacket, reversible, dragon, tiger or koi on the back.
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Denim and cargo shorts, cut at the knee, washed or patched.
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Chunky soles, skate and court shapes, sock knits and platforms.
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Camp-collar shirts, ukiyo-e prints and embroidery, worn loose.
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Cargo pants, joggers and wide legs, cropped clear of the shoe.
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Right over left is how the dead are dressed. It is the one rule worth knowing before you put on a kimono, a yukata or a jinbei, and the clearest sign of whether a shop understands what it sells.
左前 ・ 右前
Wafuku is built on the wrap, not the seam. A single length of cloth folds around the body and is held by a belt rather than buttons, which is why a kimono or a haori fits a range of bodies that Western tailoring does not.
Put the under-layer on first, close left over right, then tie the obi above the hip bone rather than at the waist. A haori or a kimono jacket simply goes on open over a tee. The garment should hang straight, not cling.
Most of it is unisex by design. The haori, jinbei, sukajan and happi coat are cut the same whoever wears them, because the fit comes from the wrap and the belt rather than from darts. Our men's and women's collections sort the same garments by the model who wears them.
Where it differs: a men's kimono runs shorter in the sleeve and plainer in the print; a women's kimono carries the furisode, the long hanging sleeve, and a wider obi tied higher.
Yes. Wearing a kimono respectfully is welcomed in Japan and actively encouraged by the industry that makes them. Kyoto rents kimono to visitors by the thousand every weekend.
The line people care about is treating Japanese clothing as a costume rather than as clothing you will actually wear, which is why knowing the names matters more than the price.
09問答 ・ MONDŌ
No, and we would rather tell you than let you find out. These pieces are made to Japanese designs, not in Japan. A cotton kimono actually sewn in Japan would cost well past $600. The material, construction and measurements listed on each product page are exactly what you will receive.
A kimono is lined and worn year-round; a yukata is unlined cotton, worn in summer and after the bath. Both wrap left over right and close with an obi. The yukata is simpler to put on and lighter to wear, which makes it the better first purchase.
The haori is the jacket version of the kimono: hip or thigh length, worn open over whatever you already have on. No obi, no fastening. Our kimono jackets are the short modern cut of the same idea. Either is the easiest Japanese piece to wear in a Western wardrobe.
Left over right, always, for a kimono, a yukata, a jinbei or a happi coat. Right over left is how the dead are dressed. It is the one rule worth knowing before you put anything on.
Read the measurements, not the letter. Most pieces are cut to Asian sizing, roughly one size smaller than US or EU, and every product page says whether to size up. For a kimono, garment length against your height comes first; for geta and sneakers, the EU size in the option list.
Most of it, and by design. The haori, jinbei, sukajan and happi coat are cut the same for everyone: the wrap and the belt do the fitting. A men's kimono runs shorter in the sleeve; a women's carries the furisode and a wider obi. Our Men's and Women's collections sort by the model shown.
Yes. Wearing a kimono, a haori or a sukajan respectfully is welcomed in Japan and actively encouraged by the industry that makes them. The line people care about is treating it as a costume rather than as clothing.
The sukajan is the embroidered satin souvenir jacket, made in Yokosuka after the war for servicemen who wanted something to take home. Reversible, embroidered front and back, usually with dragons, tigers, koi, cranes or eagles. Ours come with contrast sleeves or all black.
The sailor uniforms and gakuran are built for it, and the masks and happi coats follow. Everything else here is clothing first, wearable long after the convention, which is the only test that matters.
Cold, 30°C maximum. Heat is what fades and shrinks. Embroidery holds its edge through washing better than print, so wash a sukajan inside out. Store a kimono folded flat along its seams, never on a hanger. Noren and furoshiki wash the same way.
Shipping is free worldwide with no minimum. Duties are prepaid on our end, so there is nothing to pay on delivery.
Thirty days from delivery, unworn, for a full refund. We cover the return label.
