Tradition | 株式会社インターナショナルシューズ

Our tradition: Putting so much love and effort into shoemaking

International shoes Co.,Ltd. was founded in 1954 by Giichi Ueda, the father of our current CEO.
It started off as a very small factory in size of 80 square meter and it was called “Ueda Shoemaking Factory” back then.
In a few years, we had grown into one of the leading women’s shoemaker in Kansai region.
Around the time, we also moved our factory to new and bigger location.
We believe that our products have been deeply loved and supported by our clients because we never stopped taking our time and effort to follow our founder Giichi Ueda’s consistent philosophy.

“Always create quality products and always be a proud professional of shomaking”

Two irreplaceable factors for premium quality shomeking: Excellent talent and great environment

One of the most important project we have been working on to pursue achievement as professional shoemaker is to cultivate and retain talent. Throughout years, we have trained and educated our employees to develop their exceptional skills with which is capable of turning the highest quality materials into one-of-a-kind shoes with fashionable design and comfortable fit.
We have been expecting ourselves to
“Always be passionate about initiating something new and be a creative expert”

Another important project we have been throuthly working on is to create perfect working environment.
From creating well-organized and comfortable atelier to actively invest on machines and equipment.
We did everything necessary to create pleasant working environment because we believe that the vitality of nice equipment and pleasant environment cannnot be neglected to produce quality shoes.

Our tradition of taking pride in shoemaking has never been changed for more than a half of century since the begining, and it will never be even the time changes.