Room shoes are an integral part of daily life in Japan, and since the company's founding in 1919, ABE Sangyo has been dedicated to crafting the most comfortable examples in the land.
In a small workshop in Kahoku, a rural town that produces more than 40% of Japan’s room shoes, ABE Sangyo's experienced craftspeople cut and sew domestic materials to create room shoes that fit their philosophy of “quality first without compromising."
Learn more about the ABE Sangyo collection in this video introduction.
A local natural resource since prehistoric times, activated charcoal is an eco-friendly natural purifier renowned for its incredible absorbency.
Its structure is filled with hundreds of microscopic cavities that trap odor-causing chemicals, so potent that one gram of charcoal has as much surface area as a tennis court. When its powder is infused into beauty and health goods, those products retain its amazing absorptive qualities.
Originally harnessed by Japanese craftsmen four hundred years ago for its purifying properties, this collection reimagines an ancient technique for modern living.
For more on our Chikuno Life products, watch this video introduction to the collection.
