Heaviest in Japan: Canton 23oz Jeans.

[Chicken]

About 22 years ago, the president of Jiipan Center Sakai, Kazutaka Sakai, invited a hesitant weaver to a dinner. In the beginning, the weaver refused because he was afraid his machines couldn't handle such a heavy denim. However, Sakai made him drunk enough that night and got the weaver to agree to create a 23oz denim. They were able to start selling these jeans almost 4 years later.

The silhouette is a slightly tapered straight cut. Since there is no other jeans exactly like it, there are many repeat buyers. There are stories like, "When I was riding a motorbike and fell, I didn't get hurt because of it."

Fans claim it doesn't feel too heavy and it's surprisingly soft, plus it's warm.

Priced at ¥48,000. Jiipan Center Sakai. Tel 047-334-6225.

[Tito]

i am speechless

[hahnstch]

the cut is... weird...

[Guest Airjamie]

Those look like Kmart jeans...................only for like $500

[Chicken]

yeah, it was designed in the early 80s and they kept it. too bad?

[ishboo]

i feel like what's the point of the 23oz if the cut is so shitty?

[dnarnya]

Those would be good to wear to space.

Speaking of space and speaking of japan although this is not really related to japan, but rather china, I got a fortune cookie the other night that said, "Maybe in the future you will visit moon." That shit made my night.

[denimdestroyedmylife]

that would be good to wear to a knife fight-------or a beat down.

the best fortune i ever got in a cookie was: the dark clouds will pass soon. i keep it in a catpower cd; it is raining at the moment, incidentally.

[Chicken]

[denimdestroyedmylife]

ah so. competition.

[Chicken]

where the hell did you find that?!

[mizanation]

Those look like Kmart jeans...................only for like $500

hahaha!

hahahaha! (my last laugh was not long enough.)

[ishboo]

the best fortune i've seen? "you will get new clothes soon."

[Chicken]

Those look like Kmart jeans...................only for like $500

it actually looks like Sears stovepipe jeans, too:

http://cgi.ebay.com/vintage-70s-SEARS-STOVEPIPE-JEANS-RAW-DRY-indie-29_W0QQitemZ8414669265QQihZ021QQcategoryZ48887QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

[Guest Airjamie]

Maybe when I'm in a retirement home ill get a pair. I cant decide whether the thought of shitting in $500 jeans is travesty or the most awesome thing in the world. You could say that in the buddhist ascetic tradition it is the path to nirvana. Either way those are mad pearl jam-ish.