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Loopwheeler

Tokyo sweatshirt brand founded in 1999 that makes all its sweatshirts in Japan from tsuriami fabric, knitted slowly on vintage loopwheel machines (tsuriamiki) kept running in Wakayama. via brand about page ↗

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Origin

🇯🇵 Japan

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City

Tokyo

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Founded

1999

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Company

Small ~15 people

3 own stores (~3 each) + small Tokyo HQ ≈ 15; production outsourced to partner factories · Founder/CEO Satoshi Suzuki; knitting (Kanekichi) and sewing (Maruwa) are done by partner factories; 3 own stores (Sendagaya, Osaka, Fukuoka).via estimate ↗

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Price

€€€€ €150–€395

median €360 · T-shirt €150 · typical range of 54 products

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Sourcing & ethics

Founded in 1999 by Satoshi Suzuki to keep Wakayama's old loopwheel knitting machines running. The brand names its knitting mills (Kanekichi Industries, Wada Meriyasu) and its sewing factory (Maruwa Textile's Aptimaluwa in Aomori), and says every step happens in Japan. Its own webshop ships to most EU countries (Bulgaria excluded), and orders since September 2025 ship duties-paid (DDP). Owned by Independent (founder Satoshi Suzuki).

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