To go with AFP story Japan-fashion-business-denim, FOCUS by Natuko Fukue
This picture taken on September 4, 2024 shows Masataka Suzuki, president of Momotaro Jeans, posing during an interview with AFP in the Kojima district of Okayama. Call it an antidote to fast fashion: Japanese jeans hand-dyed with natural indigo and weaved on a clackety vintage loom, then sold at a premium to global denim connoisseurs. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-fashion-business-denim, FOCUS by Natuko Fukue