Jackman TANABE MERIYASU

A Japanese factory brand with over 70 years of heritage and expertise.

>70年以上の伝統と専門的技術を持つ日本のファクトリーブランド

Mitsugu Tanabe - Founder of the TANABE MERIYASU factory, home of the Jackman brand.

In 1949, driven by a passion for baseball, visionary Mitsugu Tanabe quit his day job and founded the Tanabe Meriyasu factory in Fukui, Japan. Inspired by the stockings of visiting American baseball teams in the years following the war, Tanabe began to create baseball stirrup stockings of exceptional quality, even inventing new machines in order to yield a result superior to anything else available. Tanabe Meriyasu soon gained a reputation for quality and craftmanship. The factory went on to supply the official training wears of the 1964 Japanese Olympic team.

The Jackman brand as it exists today is the evolution of Tanabe’s founding vision. Each piece is still crafted in the original factory, and the Jackman offering may of extended far beyond baseball stirrup stockings, but the same commitment to quality that inspired Mitsugu Tanabe remains. We even continue to use the original vintage machines; although the pace is slower than today’s machines, the quality endures.

Shops

With a shop in Ebisu, Tokyo and Borough Market, London, today we continue our 70 year old tradition of creating exemplary quality pieces.

Ebisu, Tokyo

After our factory, our Ebisu shop is our second spiritual home. The heritage of the brand is found throughout, from the Baseball score board to the vintage sewing machines, and of course the full Jackman collection.

Address

2-20-5 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Opening Hours

Tue-Sun:
10:00 - 18:00

London Bridge, London

The location of our first store outside of Japan was important. We were drawn to the artisanal energy of the London Bridge area, and picked a location just off the world renowned Borough Market. Discover a considered selection of the Jackman offering, along with limited edition pieces only available in our shops.