Momotaro Tapered Selvage Chinos

By Nick Grant


Are they jeans? Or, are they chinos? While we try and figure out this panted conundrum, feel free to skip ahead to the buy link and check out the Momotaro Tapered Selvedge Chinos for yourself. Made in Japan by one of the country’s top denim brands, the pants feature the kind of five pocket construction usually only found on jeans, but, they also boast a totally chino-like selvage cotton twill fabric, tonal stitching and slim fit. Read More »

Japan Blue by Momotaro Tight Straight Jeans


Are the Tight Straight Jeans from Japan Blue by Momotaro the best deal in high-end denim? Probably not. But they’re definitely top five. Meticulously handcrafted in Japan from Japanese 14.8 oz. red-line selvage denim (that’s loomed from 100% American cotton), the jeans are about as upper echelon as it gets. But, amazingly, they’re priced at under $200 per, making them some of the most affordable Japan-made jeans on the US market. Read More »