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Okayama / Denim & Workwear

Shuttle Loom Weaving

Okayama · Japan

Pre-1960s technology, self-edge creation, Toyoda looms, character.

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What Shuttle Loom Weaving is known for

The pre-1960s technology — the shuttle carries the weft yarn across the warp, creates the self-edge (selvedge), and produces denim with character that projectile looms cannot replicate. Most Japanese.