"Shinzaburo Ichizawa’s family has been making durable canvas bags since 1905. Today, Ichizawa sells a colourful array of bags and heavy-duty aprons. The company’s employees cut, stamp, sew and assemble every canvas item by hand, some still using 80-year-old Singer sewing machines in the process. “We have the skills to repair or remake any of our bags from decades ago because we still use the same old methods,” says Ichizawa. These last for years and only get better with age."
Kyoto
MONOCLE
