Cultural trait explains niche manufacturing from @sakata.ken
The creator explains why Japan's cultural resistance to change, while seemingly inconvenient with practices like using fax machines and official stamps, has preserved unique and high-quality manufacturing techniques that have died out elsewhere. He uses the example of a t-shirt made on an old 'loop wheeler' machine to illustrate how this slow, inefficient process creates a superior and rare fabric. He connects this phenomenon to other examples like selvedge denim and natural dyes, concluding that this stubbornness is a credit to Japanese culture for saving beautiful processes from being lost to time.
Creator: @sakata.ken on Instagram
Transcript
Japan is very inconvenient. I am moving to Japan. It is 2025, and all my contracts have to be on real paper. And instead of a real signature, it has to be a wooden stamp that I register with the government. And when I'm done, I have to use a fax machine, and And this doesn't make a lot of sense, does it? Japan is the land of convenience. Like, they came up with the bullet train. So what is going on in Japan? So generally speaking, the Japanese have a very stubborn resistance to letting go of thi
Topics: Apparel / Fashion, Manufacturing, Craftsmanship, Textiles
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