CIRCLES ORIGINAL TACOMA FUJI RECORDS meets Circles Cap

TACOMA FUJI meets Circles

If everyone in the world could join hands and get along with each other, they would be so happy!

It may sound like an incredibly big dream, but if we use our own power as a driving force to pedal our way around the world, meet many people, get to know them, join hands, make a big circle, and dance together, then surely, someday...someday...someday...someday...someday.

Looking at the illustration by James Ulmer embroidered on the chest of the TACOMA FUJI RECORDS meets Circles T-Shirt we released last year, I can't help but feel that way. And I am sure that many people are feeling that warm feeling.

The TACOMA FUJI RECORDS meets Circles T-Shirt, with its simple yet attractive embroidery, is now available in a new cap.

The cap is neither deep nor shallow, and has a somewhat rounded silhouette, making it as easy to wear as the T-Shirt, and for some reason it suits many peoplE That's no wonder. This cap is the result of the label owner, Mr. Nabe's wish that "as much as possible, as much as possible, anyway, I want a normal cap with no quirks. Really ordinary, ordinary within ordinary, that is the featurE The lineup consists of two types of fabrics: 100% cotton corduroy with a casual taste and cotton/nylon blend fabric with an outdoor tastE Each color is available in blue and orangE

SPECMade by TACOMA FUJI

Made by TACOMA FUJI RECORD in Tokyo, Japan
・Corduroy / Blue
MATERIAL： 100% Cotton
・Cotton ・Nylon Fabric / Orange
MATERIAL：60% Cotton 40% Nylon
Size : Free(54.5 cm - 60cm)

Message from NABE

I was not aware of the situation in Nagoya, so I think the first time I recognized the name "Circles" was when Mr. Imoto told me about it during our first pop-up at Tumbleweed. Since the neighborhood of Tumbleweed is not a normal place (THE entertainment district), I didn't know about Nagoya outside of that neighborhood until a few years after that conversation, in 2018. I met Kakuozan Larder Niwa who was selling Ryohei Kazumi's T-shirts at the Mori, Michi, and Market, and was staying and camping at Bikelore by myself when I was invited by Welldone Inochi to join Inochi and Circles representative Tanaka's party. The following year, I went to the legendary Koganeya. The following year, we had a night at the legendary Koganeya, Nishihara-chan, who had no connection to Inochi but was somehow in Nagoya to help us with our pop-up, had a HAPPY HOUR, Inochi's actual store POT opened and we had a pop-up, and Niwa and his wife became very close friends. I had become good friends with Mr. and Mrs. Niwa.

In the morning after a hangover, I always start my day with a hot sandwich from Arriba. While Keita was cooking, I was chatting with Yannack, Yuya, Tomoyan, and others from Circles about the previous night's heavy drinking. It may be a coincidence, but everyone I meet is a nice guy in Nagoya.

What's more comfortable is the rhythm of the people of Nagoya. When I meet Kantoku and Naoka, who come to me at a moment's notice and talk as if they have been with me for a long time, I realize that I have come to Nagoya. I was asked by Mr. Tanaka, the president of Circles, last year. At first I thought it was just a big bike shop with a lot of staff, but now that I'm in Nagoya, I understand a little morE There are all kinds of people, all kinds of jobs, all living in the same city, all living at their own pacE I've always had a hard time belonging to anything, but Circles is different. I can see the beauty of that community.

James Ulmer's artwork shows a circle of diverse people supporting each other. It is a thank you from Tacoma Fuji to everyone involved in Circles. Best regards.