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ags - and wallets, purses and very top of the pile be that viewed from a the country in department stores and top fashion - in Asia and arguably the world
the like come in all shapes fashion or a quality perspective. range stores. Colors, sizes and designs making it easy to spot what is in, whats
and sizes. The materials from Some of Japans very best items produced across the spectrum can be viewed and not and whats on its way out. Clutch bags
which they are made varies in leather include wallets, purses, handbags purchased online or in-person at many of though are always a safe bet, especially for
greatly depending on where you are in the and clutch bags - with many more carry the locations in which they are offered. those heading out after dark. Traditional
world, locally available materials oftentimes cases in a range of designs thrown in for Purchases can always be made in the shoulder bags never go out, even if the
dominating but one material above all else good measure. knowledge that workmanship is second straps alternate between the short and the
is available the world over - leather. to none; the Japanese being amongst long, but many designs have grown in the
Many of Japans leading leather bag, wallet the worlds most demanding and attentive
Used by humans for centuries, leather will volume they can hold in recent years, yet,
and purse manufacturers are based in the of customers.
never go out of fashion and will always be regardless of the style and size you are
Northeast of Tokyo in the area between
there or thereabouts in as far as class and To see what styles are big this year in the after, leather as the material the product
Ueno and Asakusa; home of the famed
quality go. Japan, of course is no different wallet / purse department look around, find in question is made, and the need for
Senso-ji Temple, and many of these bag,
to the rest of the world in as far as such the obvious fasionista and see what they attention to detail paid in Japan produced
wallet, and purse brands have been around
attitudes towards leather go, and today the are using. Observation of bags being used pieces will never go out! Guaranteed.
for decades some for over a century.
leather industry in the Land of the Rising is of course easier than that of cash / card
Sun is as prominent as it has ever been; the Most specialize in one or two areas and holders and Japans female population are Yutaka Sakai, the president of BINOH (www.
products manufactured using leather at the offer their high quality products all over always at the forefront of bag and purse binoh.co.jp), is a gentleman immensely
proud of the wonderful range he produces, the edge of each piece, and in particular
and rightly so. smaller items, is inspected , a hard-wearing
form of sealant unique to Japan.
Crocodile, lizard and other reptilian leather
form the backbone of BINOHs collection Most items are produced from creatures
that includes bags large and small in a crocodiles, pythons, other snakes and
huge range of styles, shades and colors. a variety of lizards and monitors native
Purses and wallets too can be, and are to South East Asia, imported into Japan
produced from such leather and are where they are treated and processed.
always popular investments for those
looking for a little class. *
Some items sold in Japan fall under
the jurisdiction of
From large black cro- Convention on In-
codile leather bags ter national Trade in
capable of sufficing for an THE RANGE PRODUCED BY Endangered Species
overnight trip, or as part BINOH ALL DEMONSTRATE AN of Wild Fauna and
of an overseas vacation IMMENSE AMOOUT OF CARE Flora(CITES).
baggage collection (see AND ATTENTION EXEMPLIFIED If a tourist buys items
* note below) to clutch BY THE SEALING PROCESS under CITES to bring
bags more at home in the them back to their own
hands of a lady on a night
EVIDENT IN EACH PIECE,
WHICH IS UNIQUE TO JAPAN or another country, it is
at the opera, humanitys necessary to obtain a
preference to recycle CITES export permit
from time immemorial is issued by The Ministry
only reinforced in these of Economy Trade and Industry(METI).
interesting pieces still being sold today.
Japan Leather and Leather Goods
Throughout the range produced by
Industries Association
BINOH, the delicate patterns of the
scales, some lifting slightly when touched www.jlia.or.jp
all demonstrate an immense amount of Writer: Mark Buckton
care and attention in the manufacturing Photographs: Official BINOH &
process. This is magnified many times Christopher Jue Yutaka Sakai - the president of BINOH.
over when the sealing process evident at