A Kyoto brand that creates Textile designs expressing Japan’s four seasons and atmosphere in a pop style.
With ''Creating a New Japanese Culture'' as its concept, it develops creations that actively use traditional materials and techniques while adding a modern lifestyle touch. It produces and sells a wide range of items, including Tabi Shoes, kimono, Japanese sweets, and furniture. Through collaborations with companies in various fields, it is also expanding the possibilities of Textile design in Japan.
Founded in 2003 by Katsuhito Wakisaka (Textile designer), Kyūshin Tsujimura (architect), and Takeshi Wakabayashi (representative of SOU・SOU).

Creating a New Japanese Culture

When we Japanese think about ourselves and about things, as we speak with others, we believe that by affirming them with “sou, sou,” and also by recognizing the other person’s thoughts with “sou, sou,” we can confirm, discover, and develop one another, and thereby build society. I have heard foreigners say that Japanese conversation uses a lot of the sound “sōsō.” When I think about it, I realize it is a word that people everywhere use every day. Thinking that way, isn’t it fair to say that the one “word” made up of the two words “sou・sou” was a necessary and indispensable term for Japanese people as they lived their lives from long ago? Up and Down
And I think it may be fine to say that it expresses something that feels very Japanese, or even Japan itself. Like the words “sou・sou” that we use unconsciously, I believe it is important for us ourselves, who live almost absentmindedly, to keep finding clues that help us rediscover Japan, and to keep becoming aware of them.

Wakisaka Katsuhito, Tsujimura Hisakazu, Takeshi Wakabayashi/SOU・SOU

Walking

  • Establishment of “teems design + moonbalance”, the predecessor of SOU・SOU

  • Establishment of SOU・SOU. First SOU・SOU shop opens in Tokyo and starts making tabi shoes (2,300 pairs for first time)

  • Tokyo→NY→Kyoto exhibition

  • SOU・SOU Tabi Kyoto shop opens

  • SOU・SOU Tabi Aoyama shop opens

  • Renovation of Tabi Kyoto shop. Isemomen shop, Samue(clothes) shop, and Shitsurai opens

  • Tabi Sneakers is nominated for 1st Lohas Design Award

  • SOU・SOU×Arimatsu Narumi Shibori Debut Exhibition

  • Launch of le coq sportif ×SOU・SOU items

  • Launch of Ghibli Museum Store collaboration goods

  • SOU・SOU le coq sportif opens

  • Kikoromo, Shitsurai no ma, and Kei-i open

  • SOU・SOU San Francisco Store opens

  • SOU・SOU Warabegi opens

  • Tabi Aoyama shop is renovated and renamed "SOU・SOU sen Aoyama"

  • Renovation of Kei-i

  • SOU・SOU Hotei opens

  • SOU・SOU Tokyo shop and SOU・SOU sen Aoyama shop are combined into SOU・SOU Kyoto Aoyama shop

  • Relocation and renovation of SOU・SOU Hotei, Someori opens.

  • SOU・SOU Zaifu opens

  • Relocation and renovation of SOU・SOU Tabi

  • Relocation and renovation of SOU・SOU Isemomen

  • Relocation and renovation of SOU・SOU le coq sportif

  • Itoken/SOU・SOU JR Kyoto Isetan store opens

  • NHK Taiga drama "Idaten" costume cooperation

  • Costume cooperation for the movie "Kingdom"

  • Pop up store "SOU・SOU in Taiwan" at eslite Bookstore, Taiwan

  • SOU・SOU Yousou. starts

  • Sales of Taiwan 7-ELEVEN collaboration series throughout Taiwan

  • SOU・SOU Yousou. opens

  • 『HOKUSAI』Custome cooperation

  • SOU・SOU Okurimono opens

  • Sales of KOKUYO China collaboration series throughout China

  • Sales of Taiwan's IC card "EasyCard" collaboration series throughout Taiwan

  • Movie "Kingdom 2: Far and Away" costume cooperation

  • Movie "My Happy Marriage" costume cooperation

  • 20th anniversary exhibition held at Kyoto Takashimaya

  • Movie "Kingdom: The Flame of Destiny" costume cooperation

  • Pop up shop at "Ideal Stationery Fair" of eslite Taiwan

  • Movie "Golden Kamuy" costume cooperation

  • SOU・SOU deportare opens

  • The Idea Box of Katsuji Wakisaka Published by Shogakukan

  • Costume cooperation for movie "Takarajima"

  • SOU・SOU Exhibition @ Shanghai "─Living Beauty by SOU・SOU SHANGHAI─ "

  • Costume cooperation for Netflix series "Last Samurai Standing"

  • SOU・SOU × fatBottleland – THE GARDEN STORY Event

Designer

  • Katsuji Wakisaka / textile designer

    Katsuji Wakisaka / textile designer

    1944 Born in Kyoto

  • Hisanobu Tsujimura / Interior Designer

    Hisanobu Tsujimura / Interior Designer

    1961 Born in Kyoto

  • Takeshi Wakabayashi / SOU・SOU Founder & CEO・Fashion Designer

    Takeshi Wakabayashi / SOU・SOU Founder & CEO・Fashion Designer

    1967 Born in Kyoto

Company Profile

Company name
Wakabayashi Co., Ltd.
Representative
Takeshi Wakabayashi
Location
565-72 Nakanocho, Shinkyogoku Shijo-agaru,
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8042, Japan
TEL: +81-75-229-6751
FAX: +81-75-229-6750
Founded
December 1996
Business
Produce and sale of Japan made Tabi Shoes, kimono, furniture, and goods based on the concept of "creating a new Japanese culture."
Company no.
11300-01-028324
Kyoto Prefectural Public Safety Commission Authorized
No. 611242630032
Stores
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