Alex in Japan - November 2022

[Alex]

Jet lag is kicking my arse - I was up at 0315 yesterday and 0500 today. Went for a nice walk before we kicked things off today

[Alex]

[Alex]

At the Kohima store briefly this morning. You can see the scale of our (IHUK) growth and how much these guys are having to adapt to hold our product before it ships out.

[Alex]

Anyone want some archived products?

Sarina showing off the new shipping scales

[goosehd]

@Alex Fantastic pictures of the trip to date!!  Thank you so much for sharing

[ROman]

Great pictures, @Alex . Thanks.

[Sage954]

Fun to see these pics. Are the mills weaving exclusively for IH?

[mclaincausey]

Hm that pinstripe selvedge affair one of yourn, @Alex ? Color me intrigued…

[Nik]

Cool. Looks like the Sakamoto machine was making slub denim?

[Jcaz6996]

@Alex:

Anyone want some archived products?

Sarina showing off the new shipping scales

Grab that box for me @Alex 
Great pictures

[the246guy]

Does that box contains the FW 2021 pieces? Is there a Military serge in size M in black? If so, I would like to have it.

https://www.ironheart.co.uk/content/fallwinter-21-collection

[Giles]

Samples always made in L…...Sorry

[sabergirl]

I assumed you were being tongue-in-cheek about the samples/archives [mention]Alex [/mention] , but in case you’re not, L is my shirt and type III size these days, and I’d love to take any/all that off their hands [emoji23]

In all seriousness, thank you for all the amazing process pics from the factories. Enjoy your trip!

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[Alex]

Thursday was a pretty uneventful day photo wise, we had meetings all day and got an early night before a long day Friday

A few randoms

[Alex]

Friday was pretty epic. We woke up at 0300, left the hotel just before 0400 and headed north east to Niigata. The drive took about 10 hours, with a few pitstops along the way for 'toilet' (read 'Haraki needs a cigarette') breaks.

I tried to get some shots of the landscape along the way. Remind yourself of a couple of things:
1. Landscapes always look much more impressive to the naked eye than they do shot on a phone (or even camera) driving at 80mph on a motorway!
2. I am not a good photographer.

Bearing these in mind, hopefully you get a sense of how spectacular parts of Japan are..

[Alex]

Niigata is where the fabric for our UHFs is made, amongst other things. First stop was the dyeing factory

[Alex]

Then those yarns are woven into fabric at this mill

[Alex]

Finally the fabric is finished and brushed at a third factory

[Alex]

Then Sarina and I left the rest of the crew in Niigata, they are driving back to Okayama today, and we headed for Tokyo

Trains are fast here

Christmas decorations not their forté

Food on the other hand is

[Alex]

I have a load of videos that will be going on my personal IG over the next few hours, and then all these images and videos will be turned into some Iron Heart stories that will go into the story highlights on the main IG page for posterity as with all recent trips.

Once we move to the new forum, hopefully sharing quick clips will be a little easier on this platform too.