JOURNAL

Gyoda Tabi Today | Artisan Craft and a New Knit Tabi

Gyoda City in Saitama was once one of Japan's great tabi-producing towns, said to have made the majority of the country's tabi. ISAMI, an inheritor of the Gyoda tabi craft, looks at the region's hi...

How to Choose and Style Tabi Socks: A Grown-Up Guide to Footwear

A guide to wearing tabi socks with quiet confidence, from the tabi makers at ISAMI. How to choose by colour, fabric and construction, how to pair them with sneakers and sandals, and how to enjoy th...

The Knit Tabi featured in Nikkei MJ’s “New Products” column

The Knit Tabi was featured in the “New Products” column of Nikkei MJ, in the issue published on 20 July 2026.

THE KNIT TABI Provided as Wardrobe for TGC NIIGATA 2026

We provided THE KNIT TABI as wardrobe for TGC NIIGATA 2026 (NAMICS presents TGC NIIGATA 2026 by TOKYO GIRLS COLLECTION).

The Knit Tabi Comes to Daikanyama Tsutaya Books | NICK GEAR POPUP

The Knit Tabi joins the NICK GEAR popup at Daikanyama Tsutaya Books, running from 17 to 31 July 2026. Through a connection with Mr Shimizu, who heads NICK GEAR, ISAMI has been invited to place its ...

Tabi vs. Socks: Five Differences, Seen Through How They're Made

The biggest difference between tabi and socks isn't the shape — it's the making. Socks are knitted on a circular machine; tabi are cut from cloth and tailored. A tabi maker in Gyoda explains, from ...

Setting the Vanishing Free: ISAMI's Next-Generation Footgear "The Knit Tabi" Launches 26 June

Gyoda tabi-making meets Niigata knitting. Two craft regions, two factories, one new idea of what a tabi can be: "The Knit Tabi." On sale 26 June 2026 at 10:00, in eight colourways, ¥3,300 (incl. tax).

Mitsuke and Gyoda: How Two Craft Regions Met

The knit region of Mitsuke, Niigata, and the tabi region of Gyoda, Saitama. The Knit Tabi was born when the skills of two regions joined hands.

Our First Time at TETETE Trade Show 2026

ISAMI will exhibit for the first time at the TETETE Trade Show, held over three days — September 2–4, 2026 — at Spiral Hall (Aoyama, Tokyo), booth C-8, a gathering of makers and storytellers where ...