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    Alex in Japan - November 2022

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    • AlexA
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      I headed out to Japan yesterday on a solo trip to spend some more time with the mills and factories that make our fabrics / clothing as part of the 'handover' process since my purchase of IHUK and also my/IHUK's increased role in the production side of things.

      Pretty food start to the day in Heathrow

      About 14.5 hours of this later…

      …I was met with this immigration line. 3 and a bit hours later and I was through

      Grabbed some sushi and walked around town until the arbitrary 3pm check in time

      Am now in the hotel, it's 5pm and I'm hoping to get a few hours rest this evening. Tomorrow at 7 I'm on the train to Fukuyama when the real work starts…

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      • NikN
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        Looks great, Japan seems like such a cool place to visit. Will there be some more photos of production? If possible would be cool to see.

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        • louisboscoL
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          @Alex Holy shit that's insane. where did you fly into?

          immigration was pretty empty for me last weekend at Narita when I arrived about 7am. breezed through in about 10mins

          "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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          • MattM
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            Have a great trip Alex.  Try to have some fun.  😛

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            • EdHE
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              Have a great trip Alex. Looking forward to photos and teases!

              Take the dive...

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              • AlexA
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                @louisbosco:

                @Alex Holy shit that's insane. where did you fly into?

                Haneda at 0745 - big planes from Thailand, India and two from London all arrived at about the same time

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                • AlexA
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                  @Nkwkfld:

                  Will there be some more photos of production? If possible would be cool to see.

                  That's the plan mate…

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                  • endoE
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                    have a good time @Alex

                    si tacuisses

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                    • Daniel SanD
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                      good trip Alex , excited to see lots of pics 😄

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                      • KasiK
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                        Safe travels.

                        Don’t forget to bring me some Iron Heart back for me lol [emoji23]

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                        The world's insane
                        While you drink champagne
                        And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                        • weftyarnW
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                          Safe travels! Much appreciated that whilst you must have a long list of things to do you still take the time to take pictures and let us „be part of it“. 🙂

                          Use it or lose it.

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                          • louisboscoL
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                            @Alex:

                            @louisbosco:

                            @Alex Holy shit that's insane. where did you fly into?

                            Haneda at 0745 - big planes from Thailand, India and two from London all arrived at about the same time

                            damn. never would've expected such a big crowd at that timing. enjoy yourself mate!

                            "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                            • AlexA
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                              Yesterday was lightweight denim agent / mill meetings and tours…

                              7am Shinkansen from Tokyo to Fukuyama

                              Always sit on the right hand side of the train for the views…

                              No images of the meeting - lots of discussion about denim availability for the next two years and production capacity in the factories that make the clothes with it. You need to be a much better photographer than me to make those spreadsheets look interesting

                              Lunch pitstop for some ひつまぶし (hitsumabushi) - eel and rice, and in this case a bunch of sides too

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                              • AlexA
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                                Next up, touring two mills

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                                  • AetasA
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                                    Would love to see them weaving!
                                    Have you made some videos in the mills @Alex ?

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                                        @Aetas:

                                        Would love to see them weaving!
                                        Have you made some videos in the mills @Alex ?

                                        Look on my Instagram stories, they are too short to upload to Vimeo

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                                            Forgot how annoying these masks are with glasses

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