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Zen Quality BackpacksMurase KabankoSince 1957

Dispatches from the Atelier

News & Craft.

Material studies, press, and the quiet work behind every Murase Kabanko backpack.

Craft

01

The Soul of the Bag: Why Tochigi Leather Is the Gold Standard

Six months in a tanning pit. A century of know-how. The case for the material at the heart of the Nagoya Executive.

April 23, 20266 min read

Pricing

02

How Much Does a High-Quality Leather Backpack Cost?

An honest breakdown of where your money actually goes when you buy a hand-stitched Randoseru.

April 8, 20267 min read

Press

03

The Verdict Is In: 320+ Media Outlets Celebrate the Arrival of Murase Kabanko in America

Within weeks of our U.S. launch, more than 320 American outlets covered the bag. Here is what they noticed.

April 8, 20265 min read

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Each Murase Kabanko Randoseru is hand-cut, stitched, and finished in our Nagoya atelier. Six decades of artisanship, full-grain leather, and a quiet devotion to the craft of a single object — reimagined, season after season.

Since 1957 · Nagoya, Japan

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