Apego make bespoke shoes as well as running a repair shop in Higashigotanda in Tokyo. The brand was created by Masaki Azuma in 2015 and the doors opened in February 2016. Each pair take roughly 3 months to make.

Price range: $$

Hand welted / Price range: $$

OLD HAT has two stores, one in Tokyo and one in Osaka. Old Hat is a sister store of the vintage store OLD HAL that is placed in London. Originally it dealt only vintage clothes but they opened a repair and order-made shoe store "OLD HAT Shoes Artisans" in Osaka in 2012. Takanobu Takai is in charge...

Hand welted / Price range: $$

Hanzawa is a family-runned shoe store for people who's having a difficult time finding shoes that will fit them. They have specialized in creating bespoken shoes that'll always fit your foot, since every pair of feet is unique.

Hand welted, Blake / Price range: $$