Will LasryFounder, Glass Factory · 1.5M+ Online | Vogue 100 Innovators

Secret 🇯🇵 Japanese Factory Behind North Face 🤫

18 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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In this YouTube video, the narrator visits Tada Knit, a tiny 10‑person knitwear factory in Okayama, Japan. Tada Knit supplies premium knitwear—t‑shirts, hoodies, crewnecks, and polos—to high‑end Japanese brands such as Purple Label North Face, Real McCoy's, and Beams Japan. The narrator interviews the owner, Tada, and receives a detailed factory tour, highlighting the staff’s exceptional cutting and sewing skills and the meticulous attention to detail that defines every product. The video ends with a call‑to‑action, directing viewers to the creator’s Patreon where a curated list of similar hidden Japanese factories is available.

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This tiny Japanese factory is responsible for Purple Label North Face, Real McCoy's, and Beams Japan knitwear products. I had the pleasure of meeting Tada Knit, a tiny factory in Okayama with only 10 employees. They're experts in cutting and sewing with some of the most well-trained staff I've ever seen. They do t-shirts, hoodies, crewnecks, and polos for many Japanese brands. I had the pleasure of interviewing Tada himself and then getting a tour of the factory from them. And every single product in their repertoire was beautifully crafted. Attention to detail is the name of the game for Tadanit. Here's his business card. And if you're looking for other Japanese factories like this, I have tons of them listed on my Patreon. Link is in bio.