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Season 1 — Episode 3 — 24 min

Former speed skater Nana Takagi carries the Japan national team wear she competed in on her back once more

The Japan national team wear she competed in, carried on her back once more. We follow former speed skater Nana Takagi as she makes a knapsack and a running waist pouch with a sewing factory in Kojima, Okayama, and a bag workshop in Toyooka, Hyogo.

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  1. 01IntroductionFormer speed skater Nana Takagi on where it began: the skating she and her sister took up together.0:46
  2. 02On the IceLooking back on high school years enjoyed to the full, and a career she staked everything on.1:53
  3. 03Why I’m HereThe Japan national team wear that slept in cardboard boxes, and what it means to cut it.3:24
  4. 04The PieceA bag for the days she sweats, the keys on the days she runs. Putting into words what she wants.6:23
  5. 05DesignAt a factory in Kojima, Okayama, deciding how the knapsack will be made.8:30
  6. 06Made in KojimaIn a small Kojima factory that began as piecework at home, the knapsack takes shape.10:08
  7. 07ToyookaToyooka, Hyogo. A visit to Japan’s leading bag-making town, with roots in willow trunks.12:15
  8. 08The PouchAt a bag workshop in Toyooka, Hyogo, a waist pouch for running is made.13:26
  9. 09ProcessFrom cutting to sewing. The steps that make a pouch for running.15:11
  10. 10From a DrawingTurning children’s drawings into bags. What the makers of Toyooka hold dear.16:34
  11. 11First UseHolding the finished knapsack and waist pouch for the first time.17:29
  12. 12AfterwordUntil the wear she ran alongside becomes strength for the next person chasing a dream.22:06

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Scenes

A scene from “The Piece”
04 — The Piece
A scene from “Why I’m Here”
03 — Why I’m Here
A scene from “Process”
09 — Process
A scene from “Made in Kojima”
06 — Made in Kojima
A scene from “Toyooka”
07 — Toyooka
A scene from “First Use”
11 — First Use

Made in this episode

Knapsack, waist pouch

Made with a sewing factory in Kojima, Okayama, and a bag workshop in Toyooka, Hyogo. Made to order, in limited numbers, at the SUBJECT. official online store.

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