Shoemakers & Bootmakers in Tokyo

Ameyoko — Tokyo · Japan

Ameyoko is a market street beneath and around the railway tracks near Ueno, not a single shop. Its dense mix includes food stalls, cosmetics, shoes, clothing and discount traders.

Flower Mountain — Tokyo · Japan

Sneaker brand founded in 2015 by Tokyo-born Keisuke Ota and Beijing-born Yang Chao, who met at Japan's Fuji Rock Festival; blends Japanese trekking-boot design with manufacturing by Italian shoemaker Falc S.p.A.

Foot the Coacher — Tokyo · Japan

Naosuke Takei’s Japanese footwear label combines British-informed lasts, artisan shoemaking and Tokyo design, with specialist stockists including NUBIAN Tokyo.

Mihara Yasuhiro — Tokyo · Japan

Sneaker architect turned fashion designer — deconstructed soles, patchwork uppers, and footwear that challenges every convention. Maison Mihara Yasuhiro is the future of Japanese sneakers.

Suicoke — Tokyo · Japan

Japanese sandal specialists — Vibram-soled, nylon-strapped, and unexpectedly fashionable. The sandal that made socks-and-sandals acceptable.

Victoria — Tokyo · Japan

Spain’s sneaker of the people since 1915 — Gregorio named them for his wife in a Rioja village; vulcanized canvas that shod every Spanish summer since the seventies.

Yohei Fukuda — Tokyo · Japan

A bespoke shoemaker making hand-welted shoes in a small Tokyo workshop. Appointment required.