FILSON Serial Project Depicts Seattle's Original Landscape Where City and Nature Intersect. Vol.1 & Vol.2 Now Available! A Journey Tracing the Philosophy of the Japan Exclusive Collection. A Special Feature Illuminating the Brand's Present and Future Begins.
Outdoor brand FILSON has launched a serial project on FREAK'S STORE online. Set in Seattle, Mr. Keiji Kaneko explores the philosophy behind the 'Japan Exclusive Collection' by Daytona International. Volumes 1 and 2 are now available, delving deeper into the brand's history, contemporary values, and the fusion of city and nature.
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A new serial project exploring the new appeal of "FILSON," an outdoor brand founded in Seattle, USA in 1897, has started on FREAK'S STORE's official online store "Daytona Park"!
FILSON is a brand that built its history by making wear and gear for people working in harsh natural environments, such as prospectors, forest workers, hunters, and fishermen during the Gold Rush era. Its products, pursuing durability, functionality, and practicality, continue to gain worldwide support even after more than 125 years.
This project focuses on the "Japan Exclusive Collection," a Japan-planned and Japan-sewn line that began a new development by Daytona International in January 2026, with Mr. Keiji Kaneko serving as director. The project will unravel the philosophy behind the collection, its craftsmanship, and the values the brand has accumulated over multiple installments.
The setting for this serial project is Seattle, the birthplace of the brand.
Surrounded by sea and mountains, where urban functions and magnificent nature coexist, this city is also the land that nurtured FILSON's manufacturing spirit. The content revisits the brand's origins by touring the city where workwear and outdoor culture are still deeply rooted in daily life.
The pages feature staff snaps wearing the "Japan Exclusive Collection" in addition to Seattle's cityscapes and natural scenery. It introduces the appeal of the products as they naturally blend into modern urban life, while inheriting the functional beauty and toughness that the brand has cultivated, through real styling.
Furthermore, photographs taken by Mr. Kaneko himself during his journey are also included. Visuals capturing the atmosphere of the land, the culture breathing in the city, and people's daily lives project the story behind the brand in a more three-dimensional way.
This series doesn't just trace the brand's history, but also addresses the question of how to pass on its value to the present and connect it to the next generation.
This series, which addresses such questions, is scheduled to continue to be released!
Vol.1 / To Seattle, a city where urban and nature intersect.
A journey through the "Japan Exclusive Collection" with Mr. Keiji Kaneko.
This first installment of the serial project depicts a journey tracing the brand's origins, set in Seattle, the birthplace of FILSON.
About 8 hours from Haneda, through the car window heading towards the city, a landscape unfolds with deep forests, snow-capped mountains, and the quietly rising downtown beyond.
The feeling of entering nature while heading towards the city is a charm unique to Seattle, where the sea, forest, and mountains are adjacent, and a scenery that makes one feel why FILSON was born here.
Mr. Keiji Kaneko, director of the "Japan Exclusive Collection," explores the outline of Seattle, carefully gathering people's activities, architecture, and atmosphere while touring the city with a camera in hand.
The stage is Pike Place Market. A place where the daily life and culture of this city are vividly alive, with fish flying through the air at the fish market, the aroma of bread and coffee, and the store that can be called the origin of Starbucks. The atmosphere where diverse cultures naturally intersect overlaps with the background of FILSON.
Furthermore, in the first installment, attention is also paid to the [Mackinaw Model A : The Minimalist] worn by Mr. Kaneko that day. It is a modern reconstruction of the iconic Mackinaw Cruiser, embodying the philosophy of the "Japan Exclusive Collection" where tradition and minimalism coexist.
The first installment reflects FILSON's history and new values that continue into the present, along with the scenery of Seattle.
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Vol.2 / Nature right next to the city. The climate of Seattle where waterfronts and forests are close.
In the second installment of the serial project, the stage moves away from Seattle's urban area to the magnificent nature spreading right next to the city.
Only 40 minutes by car from the city with skyscrapers. This sense of distance, where the scenery changes to deep forests, waterfronts, and magnificent mountains, is a charm unique to this land.
We visited Snoqualmie Falls, boasting overwhelming power, and Rattlesnake Lake, where tranquility and grandeur coexist. It is depicted as a place where the city and nature are not separated but exist as a continuous climate. The moist, clear air, the smell of deep forests, the mountains reflected on the lake's surface - all of these quietly emerge as the background that nurtured FILSON's craftsmanship.
Along the way, the "Japan Exclusive Collection" items are also in focus. The [Mackinaw Model B: The Utility], themed "movement," is an item with high storage capacity and tough material, designed to seamlessly go from city to nature.
FILSON is a brand that built its history by making wear and gear for people working in harsh natural environments, such as prospectors, forest workers, hunters, and fishermen during the Gold Rush era. Its products, pursuing durability, functionality, and practicality, continue to gain worldwide support even after more than 125 years.
This project focuses on the "Japan Exclusive Collection," a Japan-planned and Japan-sewn line that began a new development by Daytona International in January 2026, with Mr. Keiji Kaneko serving as director. The project will unravel the philosophy behind the collection, its craftsmanship, and the values the brand has accumulated over multiple installments.
The setting for this serial project is Seattle, the birthplace of the brand.
Surrounded by sea and mountains, where urban functions and magnificent nature coexist, this city is also the land that nurtured FILSON's manufacturing spirit. The content revisits the brand's origins by touring the city where workwear and outdoor culture are still deeply rooted in daily life.
The pages feature staff snaps wearing the "Japan Exclusive Collection" in addition to Seattle's cityscapes and natural scenery. It introduces the appeal of the products as they naturally blend into modern urban life, while inheriting the functional beauty and toughness that the brand has cultivated, through real styling.
Furthermore, photographs taken by Mr. Kaneko himself during his journey are also included. Visuals capturing the atmosphere of the land, the culture breathing in the city, and people's daily lives project the story behind the brand in a more three-dimensional way.
This series doesn't just trace the brand's history, but also addresses the question of how to pass on its value to the present and connect it to the next generation.
This series, which addresses such questions, is scheduled to continue to be released!
Vol.1 / To Seattle, a city where urban and nature intersect.
A journey through the "Japan Exclusive Collection" with Mr. Keiji Kaneko.
This first installment of the serial project depicts a journey tracing the brand's origins, set in Seattle, the birthplace of FILSON.
About 8 hours from Haneda, through the car window heading towards the city, a landscape unfolds with deep forests, snow-capped mountains, and the quietly rising downtown beyond.
The feeling of entering nature while heading towards the city is a charm unique to Seattle, where the sea, forest, and mountains are adjacent, and a scenery that makes one feel why FILSON was born here.
Mr. Keiji Kaneko, director of the "Japan Exclusive Collection," explores the outline of Seattle, carefully gathering people's activities, architecture, and atmosphere while touring the city with a camera in hand.
The stage is Pike Place Market. A place where the daily life and culture of this city are vividly alive, with fish flying through the air at the fish market, the aroma of bread and coffee, and the store that can be called the origin of Starbucks. The atmosphere where diverse cultures naturally intersect overlaps with the background of FILSON.
Furthermore, in the first installment, attention is also paid to the [Mackinaw Model A : The Minimalist] worn by Mr. Kaneko that day. It is a modern reconstruction of the iconic Mackinaw Cruiser, embodying the philosophy of the "Japan Exclusive Collection" where tradition and minimalism coexist.
The first installment reflects FILSON's history and new values that continue into the present, along with the scenery of Seattle.
See Details
Vol.2 / Nature right next to the city. The climate of Seattle where waterfronts and forests are close.
In the second installment of the serial project, the stage moves away from Seattle's urban area to the magnificent nature spreading right next to the city.
Only 40 minutes by car from the city with skyscrapers. This sense of distance, where the scenery changes to deep forests, waterfronts, and magnificent mountains, is a charm unique to this land.
We visited Snoqualmie Falls, boasting overwhelming power, and Rattlesnake Lake, where tranquility and grandeur coexist. It is depicted as a place where the city and nature are not separated but exist as a continuous climate. The moist, clear air, the smell of deep forests, the mountains reflected on the lake's surface - all of these quietly emerge as the background that nurtured FILSON's craftsmanship.
Along the way, the "Japan Exclusive Collection" items are also in focus. The [Mackinaw Model B: The Utility], themed "movement," is an item with high storage capacity and tough material, designed to seamlessly go from city to nature.