シューメーカー · Tokyo
Yohei Fukuda
English method, Japanese execution, and one of the finest bespoke shoes made anywhere today.
Yohei Fukuda trained in England and makes hand-welted bespoke shoes in Tokyo. His work is characterised by an extremely close, sculpted waist, exceptionally fine welt stitching and a restrained finish, and it is widely regarded as among the best bespoke shoemaking in the world.
Method learned, then refined
Fukuda's construction is English (hand welting, a full leather build, conventional proportions), and the execution goes past what English workshops normally attempt: a waist trimmed extremely close, a very high stitch count on the welt, and a level of finish on the sole and edge that is essentially decorative. It is the clearest example of the Japanese pattern: take a European craft, learn it exactly, then apply a standard of finish the original tradition did not require.
What the finishing involves
A welt stitched at a very high density, a waist trimmed almost flush with the upper, a fiddleback sole, and an edge and heel finish worked to a polish. The visible stitching on the sole is close enough to require a specialist awl and a great deal of time.
None of it affects how the shoe walks. It is craft performed for its own sake, which is a legitimate thing to buy provided the buyer knows that is what it is.
Commissioning
A long waiting list, a first commission measured in a year or more, and a limited travel schedule. This is a small workshop and it does not scale.
What arrives is a shoe finished to a standard that has to be handled to be understood: a welt stitched at a density most makers do not attempt, a waist trimmed almost to the upper, and a sole finish that is closer to cabinetmaking than to shoemaking.
English method, Japanese execution
Yohei Fukuda trained in England and makes in Tokyo, and the shoes are widely regarded as among the finest bespoke work being done anywhere. The construction is orthodox English; what distinguishes it is the consistency of execution: the closeness of the waist, the regularity of the sole stitching, the finish of surfaces that will never be seen once the shoe is worn. That last category is the honest measure of a bespoke shoemaker, because it is the part nobody is checking.
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サイト全体の価格 →これらは見積もりではない。以下の価格は、出典を特定できた最新の数値であり、公表された通貨で表示している。
| 何 | サービス | 価格 | 確認済み |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bespoke shoeAn indicative band, not a quotation. Bespoke entry prices normally exclude tax and cloth beyond the house bunch, and houses raise them without announcement. | ビスポーク | ¥900,000–1,400,000 | September 2026 |
トランクショーは、ハウスが自工房以外の地でオーダーを受け付け、仮縫いを行うための手段である。日程は変動するため、これを予定のひな型として捉え、詳細はハウスへ確認すること。
併せて参照されることの多いハウス
同じ顧客層を対象とし、あるいは近似した様式で仕事をするものとしてまとめている。順位でも等価の表明でもない。
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写真クレジット 4
- An illustration of a welted shoe of the kind the house makes. Not a photograph of the house's own work.: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- An illustration of a welted shoe of the kind the house makes. Not a photograph of the house's own work.: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art
- Store front of John Lobb, 88 Jermyn St, London: Photograph · OlafJanssen · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- An illustration of a welted shoe of the kind the house makes. Not a photograph of the house's own work.: Original art · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale · Il Sartoriale original art