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Socks brand STANCE from California, USA

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STANCE, which is popular for its variety of designs and comfort from California (import sole agent: Custom Produce Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Abiko City, Chiba Prefecture, President: Minoru Goukon), will release the MLB TOKYO SERIES Japan limited edition STANCE socks. We will release two models of casual socks with the team logos of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs.

Steiff Japan/MS1880 Co., Ltd. (Location: Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative: Manabu Nishimoto, hereinafter referred to as “MS1880”), a top-of-the-line plush toy brand founded in Germany in 1880 and the world’s first to make teddy bears, has launched the “Steiff Kumamon 15th Anniversary Model” as the fourth collaboration with Kumamon, a well-known PR character in Kumamoto Prefecture. will be available for pre-order from February 2025.

It will be sold at Steiff’s official Japan website and some other stores.

https://www.steiff.co.jp

ⓒ2010kumamoto pref.kumamon

ⓒ Margarete Steiff GmbH 2025

This product is an interior decoration product for adults. It is not a toy for children, so it is food inspected.

Not. If you have children, please handle them under the supervision of a guardian.

“Steiff × Kumamon” collaboration Japan limited edition “Steiff Kumamon 15th Anniversary Model” serial No.1 charity auction held
To commemorate the release of this work, we will hold a charity auction.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Steiff’s limited edition works will have a serial number, and the “1” will be kept in the Steiff archive room and will not be available on the market. Steiff agrees with the charity and the serial number 1 of the “Steiff Kumamon 15th Anniversary Model” will be specially exhibited. All the winning bids will be donated to the Kumamoto Prefectural Library Children’s Book Forest Kumamoto and will be used to purchase books for the healthy growth of children.

[Auction Summary Bidding Period]

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 11 a.m. ~ Monday, March 17, 2025 at 11 a.m.

Special page on the event site

https:// www.steiff.co.jp kumamon auction/

Bidding method

Submission from the form on the above URL

Bid starting price

44,000 JPY

Presentation Method:

Steiff Japan will make an announcement on official SNS (Instagram, Facebook)

Instagram：@steiff_official_japan https://www.instagram.com/steiff_official_japan/

Facebook: ＠Steiff Japan https://www.facebook.com/SteiffJapan

Successful bidders will be notified by email.

Donation destination: Kumamoto Prefectural Library, Children’s Book Forest, Kumamoto

Organizer: Steiff Japan / MS1880

What is Kumamoto Prefectural Library Children’s Book Forest Kumamoto?

“Children’s Book Forest Kumamoto” is a collection of architect Tadao Ando’s rich sensibilities and creativity for children who will lead the future.

In order to nurture the ability to build and to support the recovery from the Kumamoto earthquake, it was given to children.

It is a library. “The inspiration from a book gives you the strength to live. The ability to think about things from a broad perspective that is not bound by common sense and act with courage. I want as many children as possible to experience that excitement, and I want them to fly out of Kumamoto to the world of tomorrow in good spirits. This is the wish that is put into it.

History of Steiff

European Teddy Bears

In Europe, it is customary to send teddy bears as a baby gift when a baby is born. Receiving a “real” teddy bear as a gift, which is not easily damaged, is considered a status in itself so that it can be cherished not only as a child, but also as a friend for life. Among them, Steiff is so popular that it is said in Europe and the United States that “Steiff is a baby gift”. Born in Germany in 1880 and the world’s first teddy bear, Steiff has grown into a historic top brand that is now an indispensable part of the teddy bear story.

Steiff and founder Margarethe Steiff.

“Speaking of teddy bears, Steiff” – This world-famous plush toy brand was founded by a woman named Margarethe Steiff (1847~1909), who was born in 1847 in a small town called Kingen in southern Germany. At the age of one, she contracted infantile paralysis, which left her with a crippled right hand and both legs, and she spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair.

Margarete’s parents sent her to school and mastered sewing so that she could be independent despite her disability. In his twenties, he founded the Felt Mail Order Company, the predecessor of Steiff, and began selling women’s and children’s clothing. In December 1880, Margarete came up with the idea of giving her nephews and nieces a toy with an elephant motif as a Christmas present. A total of 8 soft elephant toys filled with felt and the finest wool inside. The elephant toy, which was given as a toy to children and as a needle stick to adult women, was well received. This was the birth of the world’s first plush toy toy. The year 1880, which was the impetus for the creation of stuffed animals, is considered to be the year of Steiff’s founding.

Margarete’s nephew Richard, who had been helping with the business since 1897, proposed to Margarete that she make a “lifelike stuffed bear.” This is the world’s first teddy bear, the “55PB”, and the highest quality and elegant stuffed animal with a moving neck and limbs and the highest quality materials was born. This “55PB” caught the eye of American buyers at a trade fair, and eventually it was improved and put into mass production. At the same time, in the United States, along with President Theodore Roosevelt’s nickname “Teddy”, the popularity of stuffed bears was also increasing, while counterfeit and inferior products began to circulate. That’s where the idea of “attaching a button to the left ear” to authenticate that it is a Steiff product came into play. This was the beginning of the world’s oldest trademark, the “button in ear”, which continues to this day as a sign of the finest quality.

The world’s first teddy bear called “55PB”

The world’s oldest trademark “Button in Ear”

Friends

Among the standard products, it can be attached to products with a simple design for children

Collectors

Collector’s items for adults

Blue letters on a white background → can be attached to standard mohair type products

Red letters on a white background → Attached to limited edition works

Originals

Unlike Friends, it is attached to products that use realistic and elaborate animal designs and joints

Replica

It is attached to a replica of a Steiff product from the early 1900s.

In addition to the product number, the year of production and the serial number (serial navar) are displayed on the tag.

* Tags that reproduce those days are attached to the ears, and tags of the image are attached to the torso.

About Steiff Japan / MS1880 Co., Ltd.

Since 2014, MS1880 Co., Ltd. has been the sole distributor of Steiff in Japan, importing, wholesaling, retailing, and consulting for store planning and operation of Steiff products. The company name “MS1880” is derived from the initials “M.S.” of the company’s founder, Margarethe Steiff, and the year of Steiff’s founding, “1880”.

【Company Profile】

Company Name: MS1880 Inc.

Representative: President Manabu Nishimoto

Location: South Aoyama Tech Building, 3-13-24 Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo

U R L ：https://www.steiff.co.jp/　

Instagram：@steiff_official_japan https://www.instagram.com/steiff_official_japan/

Facebook: ＠Steiff Japan https://www.facebook.com/SteiffJapan

LINE: Steiff https://lin.ee/5Aj8rHc

Moved to Maserati Yokohama Kohoku near Kohoku IC and opened a new store

About 3 minutes by car from the Kohoku IC on the 3rd Keihin/Metropolitan Expressway Yokohama Kita Line and Northwest Line, which is easy to access, Maserati Yokohama Kohoku, a new base for Maserati in Kanagawa Prefecture, has opened. Maserati Yokohama, which had been operating near Tsuzuki Fureainooka Station on the Yokohama Municipal Subway Green Line, was relocated to Maserati Yokohama Kohoku near the Kohoku IC and opened a new store.

Maserati Yokohama Kohoku boasts one of the largest showrooms in Japan at 424.80 square meters and one of the largest land areas for the brand in Japan. It was completed as a space where you can fully experience the charm of the Maserati brand.

A new base in Kanagawa Prefecture “Maserati Yokohama Kohoku” opens. The photo shows the MC20 Cielo Limited Rosso Vincente, which was exhibited for the first time.    Kazuhide Ueno

The showroom is a new global concept store that innovatively represents Maserati’s Italian luxury and craftsmanship. A space that combines sophisticated sartoria (meaning tailor) and officina, which means workshop, is set up, and a special space is prepared where you can create the ultimate Maserati. There is also a show window to promote the vehicles on display outdoors, which have become familiar.

The interior of the store is illuminated by soft light, and the wall display displays handcrafted leather samples and goods. In the private consultation room, you can combine the state-of-the-art MXE 3D digital configurator with the Forisserie program to create your own ideal one.

The workshop is also a large space of about 400 square meters

The attached workshop has a large space of about 400 square meters. Equipped with the latest equipment, in addition to the inspection line, three state-of-the-art lifts that can handle up to 3.7 tons are installed, and it is said to be a facility that can handle heavy EV vehicles. In addition, there is one gate lift that can be used for multiple purposes.

To commemorate the opening of the new store, two cars were exhibited for the first time in the showroom: the MC20 Cielo Limited Rosso Vicente, a Japan-limited edition model that pays homage to the racing model of yesteryear, and the MC20 Legenda, a MC12GT1-inspired world-limited car that was the only one to land in the Japan.

Inspired by the MC12GT1, the MC20 Legenda was exhibited as a world-limited edition car and only one car landed in the Japan.    Kazuhide Ueno
Large-scale stores are also very important as a base strategy

At the opening, Mr. Takayuki Kimura, CEO of Maserati Japan, said:

“Following the renewal of Maserati Meguro and Maserati Shinsaibashi last year, we are delighted to be able to open a new Maserati Yokohama Kohoku, one of the largest in Japan. We believe that the fact that we were able to open a large-scale store like Maserati Yokohama Kohoku that integrates a showroom and a workshop in the suburbs of Tokyo with good transportation access is very important as a base strategy.

From left to right, Mr. Baba, Mr. Takahashi, Mr. Kimura, and Mr. Okuyama participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.    Kazuhide Ueno

We are really looking forward to allowing many customers to experience the charm of Maserati through this showroom.”

Next, Tatsuo Takahashi, president of Sojitz Auto Group Japan, which operates Maserati Yokohama Kohoku, said:

“Since July 2021, I have been in charge of Maserati sales in the Yokohama area. This time, our long-cherished wish came true, and we were able to set up a vast and spacious store in Kohoku. All of our employees will do their best to make more customers feel the new appeal of Maserati and provide the services they deserve.”

The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by Mr. Kimura and Mr. Takahashi, Maserati Yokohama Kohoku store manager Yoshitaka Baba, and Ken Okuyama Design CEO Kiyoyuki Okuyama.

Ken Okuyama Design’s “Purity of Asia” premiered in Japan

Image One of the largest showrooms in Japan! Maserati Yokohama Kohoku opens 45 tickets

Matt Benny’s Limited × Japan Mashman 250


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ON FEBRUARY 14, 2025, MATT MOTORCYCLES JAPAN will unveil the BENNY’S. LTD. × JAPAN Mashman 250, a special edition model based on the scrambler-style mini motorcycle model × MASHMAN 250. It was sold in a limited edition of 20 units.

The second Japan limited edition model with a special coloring

Matt Benny’s Limited × Japan The Mashman 250 is a special edition car exclusively for Japan that incorporates the inspiration of Benny Thomas, one of the founders of Matt Motorcycles and a custom builder. This is the second Japan-limited edition model with a similar concept, following the “Benny’s Limited× Japan GT-SR 250” (reference).

The feature is the exclusive color “Benny Mei-Sai”, and the fuel tank is painted in a new color with a camouflage pattern that is not available in the catalog model. There is also a special sticker of Benny’s Limited × Japan on the top bridge.

Matt Motorcycles CEO Will Rigg and Benny Thomas said of the launch of the bike, “We are honored to be a part of Japan, which has one of the world’s leading custom motorcycle cultures,” and “Matt’s custom models and special editions are at the core of Matt’s DNA. The audacity of Matt Motorcycles Japan’s limited edition cars is far more adventurous and wonderful than that of Europe, and we are genuinely happy to be able to deliver it to fans in Japan. I want you to imagine the lifestyle and fashion that you can get as a mat owner.”

The price is 749,100 yen. Deliveries are scheduled for mid-March 2025 or later.

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