Okayama Denim

Okayama Denim is a Tokyo-based independent that opened in 2012 with a simple brief: bring the best of Kojima's selvedge denim to the wider world. Kojima, in Okayama Prefecture, is Japan's spiritual home of denim, and this shop deals almost exclusively in what comes out of it, working as the exclusive international stockist for several of the brands it carries.

The edit reads like a who's who of Japanese heritage denim, from Momotaro Jeans, Studio D'Artisan and Pure Blue Japan to The Flat Head, FULLCOUNT and Samurai, alongside sturdy workwear names like TCB and Stevenson Overall Co. There's a clear thread running through it all: American and British workwear filtered through Japanese craft, built to fade and last.