The world-renowned denim manufacturer produces premium fabric thanks to principles inhereted through tradition, history and legacy. All this has been retained and improved with help from innovations in technology.

Welcome to the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture. Situated in between the picturesque Chugoku mountain range and the scenic Seto Inland Sea, Fukuyama is blessed with a rich, abudant natural environment renowned since the Edo period for producing a textile known as Bingo-kasuri.

Kaihara's story began in 1893, with their manufacture of handwoven, indigo-dyed kasuri fabric. Since then and thanks to their continued innovation in fabric technology, the company has grown into a world-leading manufacturer of denim with the largest share of the denim market in Japan. Kaihara is the only company in Japan that performs every step in the manufacturing of denim, from cotton selection to finishing, in its own factory.