{"product_id":"jean-japan-jacket-nishikigoi","title":"Jean Japan Jacket 'Nishikigoi'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eJapanese-Style Embroidered Denim Jacket — Glow-in-the-Dark Koi Carp\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003enishikigoi\u003c\/em\u003e is not a decorative fish. Bred in the rice paddies of Niigata from the early nineteenth century, the koi became a symbol of persistence through its association with the carp that swims up the waterfall at Dragon Gate — a creature defined by moving against the current rather than with it. The embroidery on this jacket places a single koi mid-turn, body arched through peony blooms, its white and vermilion scales worked in graded thread so the fish reads as three-dimensional against the black denim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe panel is bordered like a hanging scroll, with a red seal mark set at the lower corner in the manner of a painter's \u003cem\u003ehanko\u003c\/em\u003e. That framing is deliberate: it treats the back of the jacket as a surface for a composed image rather than a placement for a logo, which is what separates this kind of embroidery from printed graphics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe thread itself is photoluminescent, and this is what makes the piece unusual. In daylight the koi shows in its full palette — orange, red and grey-white scales, pale peonies, fine grasses. Once the light drops, the glow picks out the linework rather than the whole image: the outlines of the scales, the fins, the flower stems and the ripple detail all return in green, while the solid blocks of colour stay dark. The koi reads as a drawing at night and as a painting by day. The thread charges under ordinary daylight or room light and needs no treatment to work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe base is washed black denim in a cotton-dominant blend, cut loose through the body with a turn-down collar, button front, chest flap pockets and a standard cuff. It sits as a mid-weight layer rather than a winter coat — worn open over a hoodie through autumn, or closed on cooler evenings. Sizes run from M to 4XL on a relaxed fit.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JAPAN CLOTHING","offers":[{"title":"M","offer_id":53625147031899,"sku":"14:193#as picture;200007763:201336100;5:361386#M 55 to 65kg","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":53625146933595,"sku":"14:193#as picture;200007763:201336100;5:361385#L 65 to 72.5kg","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":53625146966363,"sku":"14:193#as picture;200007763:201336100;5:100014065#XL 72.5 to 80kg","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XXL","offer_id":53625147392347,"sku":"14:193#as picture;200007763:201336100;5:4182#XXL 80 to 87.5kg","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"3XL","offer_id":53625147425115,"sku":"14:193#as picture;200007763:201336100;5:4183#XXXL 87.5 to 95kg","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"4XL","offer_id":53625147326811,"sku":"14:193#as picture;200007763:201336100;5:200000990#4XL 95 to 105kg","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/9300\/2473\/files\/jean-japan-jacket-nishikigoi-1.jpg?v=1784555910","url":"https:\/\/japan-clothing.com\/products\/jean-japan-jacket-nishikigoi","provider":"JAPAN CLOTHING","version":"1.0","type":"link"}