collection: Kineya Tabi

Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture, is located between two major rivers, the Tone River and the Arakawa River, and has abundant water and a climate suitable for growing cotton, and has long been a thriving cotton producer. Tabi-making began in this area over 300 years ago, during the Edo period.

At that time, the feudal lord of Matsudaira in the Oshi domain (present-day Gyoda) encouraged the production of tabi in the Oshi castle town, and as people frequently traveled to Fukiage-juku on the Nakasendo road, it spread throughout the country and continues to be the number one producer of tabi in Japan. I'm proud.

Kineya Tabi, which has a long history in Gyoda City, was founded in 1929 as Nakazawa Tabi Co., Ltd., and is still a long-established tabi store that continues to operate today, changing its name to Kineya Tabi.