The flagship store of RAINMAKER, representing Kyoto

RAINMAKER is a fashion brand based in Kyoto, led by a vastly experienced designer, Koichi Watanabe.

His debut as a designer was back in 2013 and has attended the Tokyo, Paris, and Florence Fashion Week from 2019, now becoming known worldwide.

Today, we visited the flagship store of RAINMAKER.

This white-color-based, minimally designed store used to be a kimono fabric store, and they mainly sell tailored products made with traditional Japanese textiles including Nishijin-ori.

RAINMAKER also offers products collaborated with craftspeople like Japanese dye artists, calligraphers, and painters from and based in Kyoto.

This logo t-shirt is calligraphed by Tomoko Kawao, a calligrapher based in Kyoto.
The fabric is made with rare cotton grown with snowmelt in California, and designed with bold yet delicate logo of Tomoko Kawao.

This is a military jacket embroidered with a design created by Hideki Kimura, a mural artist from Kyoto.
It is designed with Koma-nui or cording stitch, a Japanese embroidery technique to secure gold or thick twisted thread, which cannot penetrate cloth.

Here, Koichi shows the collaborated work with Hideki Kimura. This "Kyoto Souvenir Jacket" is a silk jacket embroidered with a design of the fusuma sliding doors in Kacho-den hall of Shoren-in temple, showcasing the extremely intricate stitches.

RAINMAKER also offers a lineup of products created in collaboration with manufacturers and craftspeople, often incorporating Kyoto's traditional craftsmanship.

Experience RAINMAKER, a store that continues to spread the love for Kyoto and its craftworks.

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