ABOUT SANAX
◆A revolution in indoor footwear.
It began in 1979, in the workshop of a single shoemaker. This is the story of SANAX.
PHILOSOPHY
Our Philosophy
“Crafting products of true completeness.”
To offer indoor footwear you can wear with satisfaction for years to come, SANAX remains devoted to traditional techniques and hand craftsmanship.
Inheriting the skills of shoemakers, we set out to bring a revolution to indoor footwear — that is our mission.
1979
founding of our workshop
45–70 days
crafting time per pair
Anti-Static
developed in-house · in every pair
Imperial Delivery
proof of certain skill
HISTORY
Our history —
the path the craft has walked.
- 1979Workshop founded by Naomichi Takahashi
SANAX’s history began in the workshop of a single shoemaker.
- 1980sCommissioned by European brands
His skill was recognized across the seas, crafting for European brands.
- 1990sDelivery to the Imperial Household
Reaching the highest standard of quality — the pride of an imperial-warrant artisan.
- 2000sMade-to-order slippers in earnest
Size ordering and initial embroidery — a system to deliver “a pair made just for you.”
- 2020“moco Hands Free®” developed
A new mechanism to slip on without using your hands, updating the standard of comfort.
- 2025Featured on national television
Our craftsmanship was featured on TV Tokyo to a great response.
CRAFTSMAN
Founded 1979 —
a “one-of-a-kind comfort,”
by a shoemaker’s hands.
The finest slipper is one with no compromise anywhere — a slipper that surpasses convention. It is the quality and design only a shoemaker can express, brought to the humble slipper.
MASTER CRAFTSMAN
Naomichi Takahashi
Founder and imperial-warrant artisan. From carving the wooden last to the final stitch, he pours every traditional shoemaking technique into indoor footwear — the origin of SANAX.
CRAFTSMAN
Kokichi Sasaki
An artisan carrying on Takahashi’s craft. Over 45–70 days per pair, he creates a clinging feel that follows the shape of the foot — a skill only a shoemaker possesses.
MATERIAL & CRAFT
Materials & Craftsmanship
Supreme comfort is born from a precisely designed wooden last — a shoe-like fit, and the beautiful curves that create it. A form carefully drawn to follow the shape of the foot.
Built from a wooden last.
We don’t rely on ready-made forms. The clinging feel the moment you slip in is the shoemaking method itself.
World-standard leather.
Premium shrink leather from MASTROTTO, one of Italy’s largest tanneries. Fine horsehide inside, quiet napped pigskin below.
moco Hands Free®
A proprietary mechanism to slip on without bending or using your hands — evolving as an everyday essential, gentle even for the elderly.
DETAIL 01 — THE LAST
No ready-made molds.
Built from a precisely designed wooden last.
Like shoemaking itself, every SANAX slipper begins from the wooden last. The clinging sensation the moment you slip your foot in is the shoemaker’s method, applied to indoor footwear.
DETAIL 02 — UPPER LEATHER
Cowhide from MASTROTTO,
one of Italy’s largest tanneries.
The upper uses premium shrink leather chosen by global fashion houses as well. Strong against scratches and stains, dyed with great care — a leather whose character deepens as it molds to your days.
DETAIL 03 — LINING & SOLE
Horsehide against the skin.
A napped pigskin sole, designed even for its sound.
The lining is soft, finely grained horsehide with a moist touch that wraps the foot. The sole is napped pigskin that suppresses the slap of footsteps, breaking in with wear — with antibacterial and deodorizing benefits, odor and stuffiness stay away.
DETAIL 04 — TAILORING
45–70 days for a single pair.
Even resistance to fatigue is sewn in.
Artisans build each pair over 45 to 70 days. Every stitch is placed with intention, so that comfort — and freedom from fatigue — lasts through years of daily use.
ORIGINAL TECHNOLOGY
Draining your body’s static, from the ground up.
Conductive fibers woven into the sole release the static built up in your body with every step — a technology unique to SANAX.
A construction found only at SANAX — carbon fiber combined with copper fiber.
Into every piece of SANAX footwear we sew a specially developed material — a rigid weave of carbon and copper fiber — exactly where the sole of the foot makes contact. It guards against stuffiness, bacteria and odor, and draws off the static electricity that builds up in the body, encouraging blood flow and lightening every step. (*Different from the static shock felt when touching metal.)
Development began roughly 40 years ago, from a single question: “Could footwear do something good for the human body?” Pairing carbon fiber with copper fiber achieved antibacterial and deodorizing effects along with air-discharge of the body’s static — with improvements in blood flow, brain-wave activity and physical balance demonstrated scientifically.
- Removes static simply by wearing them
- Unique carbon × copper fiber structure
- Built into every collection
- Effects last virtually permanently
MESSAGE
A message from craftsman Naomichi Takahashi
“Because it is used every day, I want it to be comfortable — and to last.”
SANAX slippers are the real thing — a shoemaker’s craft poured into indoor footwear.
Gentle even for the elderly and made to accompany you for a lifetime, we will continue to deliver each pair with care.
SANAX Founding CraftsmanNaomichi Takahashi
A craftsman’s pair, for your every day.
Handcrafted over 45–70 days, just for you.
