The NI CAP: A popular cap crafted by a hatmaker, now closer in style to a baseball cap.
Created to commemorate the publication of the biography “The Man Who Bridged Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball” about Jun Imazato, the world's greatest baseball fan who became a bridge between Japanese and American baseball while based in Nishiwaki, home to tamaki niime.

After the war, Dr. Jun Imazato, a dentist in Nishiwaki, listened intently to Major League broadcasts on shortwave radio and corresponded with teams via airmail.
His passion earned praise from the Japan-U.S. Baseball Association, and his scorebook is now housed in the New York Baseball Hall of Fame Museum.
Paying homage to the beloved “eccentric,” Jun Imazato, and named ‘NI’ in reference to Nishiwaki's “tamaki niime.”
Featuring a logo embroidery and “chrysanthemum holes” to release heat from the head, crafted with a classic baseball cap silhouette.
Enjoy the denim's aging process over time.


‘NI’ stands for:
• NISHIWAKI
• Imazato in Nishiwaki
• tamaki niime”