{"product_id":"bucket-hat-tokyo-script","title":"Bucket Hat 'Tokyo Script' - 東京","description":"\u003ch2\u003eTokyo in vintage script, embroidered over the kanji\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCursive script lettering\u003c\/strong\u003e has been back in streetwear since the early 2010s. The style descends from American commercial signage of the 1940s and 1950s and from vintage sporting logos — baseball clubs, college teams — and it carries a nostalgia that has proved unusually durable. Several major Japanese labels working in varsity and college wear have built entire collections on that lettering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe connection between \u003cstrong\u003eJapan and America\u003c\/strong\u003e here is historical rather than decorative. During the occupation years from 1945 to 1952, tens of thousands of American servicemen stationed across the country moved American popular culture into it — music, clothing, sport. Baseball, college basketball, jukeboxes, diners and neon signage lodged themselves in the postwar Japanese imagination and never left. What came out of it is the Japanese Americana still visible in Harajuku and Shimokitazawa today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe embroidery handles that \u003cstrong\u003evintage grammar\u003c\/strong\u003e well: Tokyo set in thick blue cursive with the thick-and-thin strokes of mid-century industrial script, small starbursts to the right, and beneath it the two kanji 東京 in bright red. Western cursive above, Japanese characters below — the design says the whole exchange in one mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mid-profile bucket shape makes the blue script carry. Wear it with a varsity sweatshirt, straight jeans and low-profile sneakers for a college read, or with a heavyweight white tee and beige chinos for something closer to preppy. The brim earns its place on sports weekends and long days outside. Made for anyone who follows Japanese Americana and for people who buy vintage before they buy new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e98% cotton, 2% elastane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMid profile, 7.5 cm (3 in) brim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne size: 54.9-60 cm (21.6-23.6 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft inner lining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlat seams and clean finishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Japan Clothing","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":53756619227483,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grey","offer_id":53756619260251,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Khaki","offer_id":53756619293019,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":53756619325787,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/9300\/2473\/files\/bucket-hat-tokyo-script-black.jpg?v=1786454232","url":"https:\/\/japan-clothing.com\/products\/bucket-hat-tokyo-script","provider":"JAPAN CLOTHING","version":"1.0","type":"link"}