72% matchA.P.C.
Understated leather goods and raw denim, hardware-led detail
What changes: Full apparel collections rather than small-batch accessories
Brand profile
Kobashi Studio
Tokyo atelier making handmade solid-brass key hooks, jewelry and leather goods on decades-old machinery with Japanese artisan craft.
TokyoOrigin
UnisexFocus
Workwear / HeritageStyle
$$Price
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What to know about Kobashi Studio
Kobashi Studio is a Tokyo atelier founded in 2014 by Junichi Kobashi, formerly trading as RINOUMA. It makes handmade solid-brass accessories — key hooks, wallet chains, buckles, rings and jewelry — plus vegetable-tanned leather goods, Okayama canvas wallets and silk-screened bandanas. Production is split among small artisan families outside Tokyo working lathes and presses over fifty years old, covering sand casting, hand-bending, polishing and foot-stamped engraving. Kobashi traces his design lineage to his family's kimono-dyeing trade. Distribution runs through Japanese-heritage specialists including Cultizm, Redcast Heritage and Blue Owl Workshop.
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72% match
68% matchBode
Handwork and one-off craft as the whole proposition
What changes: Textile-driven luxury clothing at far higher prices
65% matchMargaret Howell
Quiet materials-first design with a big Japanese following
What changes: Shirting and tailoring, no metalwork or hardware
64% matchUniversal Works
Small-scale British workwear made for hard-wearing daily use
What changes: Garments only, mill fabrics over metal and leather
Brand facts
- Founded
- 2014
- Origin
- Tokyo, Japan
- Price
- $$
- Typical prices
- Jewelry $92–$142 · Accessories $34–$83 · Belts $130–$274
- Focus
- Unisex
- Styles
- Workwear / Heritage, Quiet luxury