The Japanese Factory

The Grand Opening of The Japanese Factory watch shop in Ueno is finally here.

We've been building toward this for a long time — a real physical space in the heart of Ameyoko, one of Tokyo's most legendary shopping districts, where you can come in, handle the watches, and find something you won't see anywhere else. Rare neovintage references, discontinued models, pieces that never left Japan — all sourced, overhauled, and ready to take home.

We've set up an official MeetUp event for anyone who wants to come through and join us. RSVP at the link below and stay up to date on all the details.

🔗 meetup.com/ja-jp/tokyo-watch-meetup-the-japanese-factory/

📍 Ameyoko Plaza Shop 110, North Side, 5th Passage
6-10-7 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo 110-0005
Or search The Japanese Factory on Google Maps.

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A Swiss watch brand just made the One Piece Log Pose real — and this is its second and possibly final chance.

Tendence first collaborated with One Piece in 2018, releasing two models — the Log Pose and the East Blue. Both sold out immediately and never came back. Eight years later they're back as Batch N°2, and this is the first time either model has been available since.

The Log Pose model is the one that makes fans stop. A dramatically domed crystal with a rotating dial that sways with your wrist movement — just like a real Log Pose compass finding its next island. The Straw Hat Pirates' jolly roger on the dial, a wood-toned silicone strap pulled straight from the manga. The East Blue model gets the same domed crystal with an ocean-blue dial and a ship's wheel at the center that rotates with your wrist.

Log Pose: 300 pieces. East Blue: 200 pieces. Pre-order open now, ships October 16. Japan-exclusive, available worldwide through our site. Link in bio — the 2018 original never came back. Don't let this one go the same way.

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Seiko has released an official memorial watch collection inspired by Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll — the 2019 spinoff film set at a boarding school. Two models are available, one on a stainless steel bracelet and one on a cowhide leather strap, each with a different dial reflecting a different emotional tone from the film. Both arrive in a white collector's box with a letter-shaped guarantee card referencing Violet's role as an Auto Memory Doll. Japan-exclusive, available worldwide through thejapanesefactory.com. Ships March 2027.

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G-SHOCK just launched something genuinely new — the GAC-2500, a brand new analog lineup built directly on the DNA of the DW-5000C, the very first G-SHOCK ever made in 1983.

The concept is simple. Take everything that made the original iconic — the toughness, the silhouette, the design language — and reinterpret it as a pure analog watch with no digital display. Same soul, completely different expression.

The two-eye layout carries a small seconds subdial and a multi-function date window. Look closely and you'll find the Shock Resist mark on the tail of the seconds hand — a detail for the people who know. The most interesting engineering call is the Magnetic Holding Structure — the hands aren't fixed to a shaft, they're held by magnetic force, so when the watch takes a hit they deflect instead of snapping.

Four colorways at launch. Releasing November 2026. One of the most interesting new G-SHOCKs in years.

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Casio and Café Kitsuné just dropped a collaboration watch — and it's one of the cleanest Casio collabs in years.

Café Kitsuné is the specialty coffee arm of Maison Kitsuné, the French-Japanese fashion brand known for its iconic fox. They opened their first Japan location in Aoyama back in 2013, and were one of the first cafés in Paris to serve matcha back in 2014. The aesthetic they've built — refined, minimal, French meets Japanese — translates perfectly onto a Casio.

The AQ-230 gets a full matcha green makeover. The dial, inspired by Japan's tea culture, features the iconic Kitsuné fox printed on the face. Flip it over and the fox and Café Kitsuné logo are engraved on the caseback, with the logo also engraved on the clasp. It comes in a special matcha-coloured package.

Beyond the design, it's still a proper Casio — dual time, stopwatch, alarm, auto calendar, daily water resistance, and a 3-year battery. 38.8 x 29.8mm, stainless steel metal band, self-adjustable. Light, flat, and actually wearable every day.

Available at Casio Online Store, all Café Kitsuné stores, and select Maison Kitsuné stores. Japan-exclusive, releasing September 2026.

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3 weeks ago | [YT] | 165

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There is a real bullet train in Japan decorated with One Piece characters — and Seiko just made a watch for it.

The One Piece Shinkansen "Setouchi Blue" has been running through the Setouchi region since April 2025, decorated with characters from the series and themed around the open blue sea that runs alongside the route. The Setouchi region is also where creator Eiichiro Oda was born and raised — so this is as personal as a train collaboration gets.

Seiko's official watch inspired by it features a deep ocean blue dial capturing the train's livery, with One Piece character motifs worked throughout the design. The concept is simple — carrying the memory of your adventure on your wrist. And it arrives in a special treasure chest-shaped box, because of course it does.

One Piece watch collaborations have a history of selling out fast and jumping significantly in price on the secondhand market. This one is still available for preorder at retail. Japan-exclusive, worldwide shipping through our site.

www.thejapanesefactory.com

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We did it. The Japanese Factory now has its own physical watch shop in Tokyo.

What started as two guys stopping strangers on the street to ask about their watches turned into something we never expected — a YouTube channel, a community, and now a real shop in the heart of Ueno. We partnered with @japan_samurai_treasures, one of Japan's most respected neovintage watch collectors, to build something that actually does justice to the watches inside it.

Think of it like flipping through a Japanese watch magazine from the 80s or 90s — except everything in it is sitting right in front of you, in mint condition, ready to take home. Rare neovintage references that never left Japan, pieces most collectors have only ever seen in photos, discontinued models you didn't even know existed. All cleaned up, all in one place. Every watch you walk out with is a piece of Japanese history.

We're currently getting the space ready — renovations start August 25th and the official Grand Opening is the first week of September. Come find us in the meantime.

📍 Taito ward, Ueno, 6-10-7 Ameyoko Plaza Shop 110 (North Side), 5th Passage, Tokyo 110-0005
Or just search The Japanese Factory on Google Maps.

Current hours: 10:30am — 6:00pm (will vary after Grand Opening)

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Ghost in the Shell just got the watch it deserved — and every single detail was put there on purpose.

This is an official Ghost in the Shell mechanical watch, limited to just 1,989 pieces. The number is not random — it's a direct nod to 1989, the year Masamune Shirow's original manga was first published.

The skeleton dial lets you see the movement working underneath, with gear teeth weaving through the time display. Blue indices reference the infinite network of lights in the cyber-network world of the series. Wiring, plug motifs, connector details, and bullet casing designs are worked across the face in metallic texture. In darkness, the hour and minute hands glow a ghostly blue-white.

And it arrives in a display case shaped like a Fuchikoma. If you know, you know.

Japan-exclusive, limited to 1,989 pieces, available worldwide through our site.

thejapanesefactory.com/products/ghost-in-the-shell…

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Japan has been going insane with watch releases lately and here are the ones worth knowing about.

Seiko put Keisuke Takahashi's yellow RX-7 on a dial — cockpit subdials, Wankel rotary engine rotor as the 12 o'clock index, every detail designed for someone who knows exactly what they're looking at.

The Fullmetal Alchemist collab is one of the most detail-rich anime watch dials ever made. Transmutation circle, Flamel symbol, Amestris Military crest, automail arm, and "Don't forget. 3 Oct. 11" on the caseback. Fans will know.

SEGA's three console watches pull every detail directly from the hardware — cartridge slot, 16-BIT lettering, exact button layouts. The Dreamcast one hits different.

GARRACK's Chainsaw Man watches use Awa Washi, a 1,300-year-old Japanese papermaking technique where every dial is crumpled and dyed by hand. No two are identical. Chainsaw Man, Bomb, Makima, and Aki.

The MOTHER 3 G-SHOCK is a sunflower yellow DW-5600 with Mr. Saturn on the band, pixel art in the backlight, and "Potential!" on the caseback. If you know, you know.

Casio dropped a translucent analog dial that looks straight out of 1970s Japan, and a Bluetooth F-91W that somehow still looks exactly like an F-91W.

And the Honda MOTOCOMPO Seiko 5 has a crown stamped TURN, CARRYING POINT on the strap, and ships in a box that looks like the original motorcycle carton.

Japan is not missing right now. Head to our site for anything you want to track down.

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www.thejapanesefactory.com

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Japan just dropped the most insane Chainsaw Man watch you've ever seen — and there are four of them.

GARRACK has released four Japan-made mechanical automatic watches for the Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc film, and the craft behind them is unlike anything in an anime collab before. The dials are made using Awa Washi — a 1,300-year-old traditional Japanese papermaking technique where each sheet is crumpled and dyed by hand. No two dials are identical.

Chainsaw Man gets chainsaw blade hands and a starter rope at the open heart window. Bomb (Reze) gets a bomb hour hand and a choker pin at 6 o'clock. Makima gets necktie hands and eye motifs across every index — quietly terrifying. Hayakawa Aki gets a sword minute hand, a scabbard hour hand, and a cigarette at 12.

Every single one is made in Japan, by hand, one at a time. Japan-exclusive, available now, worldwide shipping through our site.

www.thejapanesefactory.com

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