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AKASHI-KAMA
Oakland-based Japanese-American label known for its modernized Noragi jacket, blending Japanese workwear silhouettes with minimal streetwear.
OaklandOrigin
StreetwearStyle
$$Price
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What to know about AKASHI-KAMA
The Noragi jacket carries the label
A Japanese farmer's workwear silhouette, tapered for modern wear and finished with gold-stamped aglets, is the piece the brand is built around.
Japanese fabric, Oakland sewing
Garments use premium Japanese fabrics but are cut and sewn in Oakland, California, and sold direct-to-consumer at mid-tier prices.
Heritage patterns on streetwear shapes
Founder Alec Nakashima started the label after a Kakehashi Project trip to Japan; knitwear, hoodies and tees come in unisex sizing with Japanese motifs.
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Brand facts
AKASHI-KAMA is a Japanese-American label founded in 2018 by Alec Nakashima, a former Silicon Valley product manager who conceived the brand after a Kakehashi Project trip to Japan. Its hero piece is the Noragi jacket, a Japanese workwear silhouette tapered for modern wear with signature gold-stamped aglets, cut from premium Japanese fabrics and sewn in Oakland, California. The direct-to-consumer range extends to knitwear, hoodies and tees in unisex sizing, pairing minimal streetwear lines with heritage Japanese patterns. Nakashima received the Japanese American National Museum's 30 Under 30 Change Makers Award.
- Founded
- 2018
- Origin
- Oakland, United States
- Price
- $$
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Streetwear, Workwear / Heritage
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