{"id":178175,"date":"2026-06-19T11:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=178175&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T02:04:35","slug":"moonstar-launches-saga-beef-leather-shoes","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/moonstar-launches-saga-beef-leather-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"MoonStar Launches Saga Beef Leather Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MoonStar, the Kurume-based footwear manufacturer known for its school shoes, has expanded its premium leather lineup with the release of the women\u2019s model \u201cSL Mizuhiki\u201d in February 2026. Produced at the company\u2019s Saga factory, the shoe uses leather sourced from Saga Prefecture cattle, including Saga Beef, one of Japan\u2019s best-known wagyu brands. The model is the latest addition to MoonStar\u2019s Slow Factory series, launched in 2019 and built through labor-intensive craftsmanship. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC2186F0R20C26A5000000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moonstar.co.jp\/moonstartimes\/2026\/02\/post-33.html\" target=\"_blank\">MoonStar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_moonstar-shoes-saga-beef-leather_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C832&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"832\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-178176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_moonstar-shoes-saga-beef-leather_2026_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_moonstar-shoes-saga-beef-leather_2026_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C178&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_moonstar-shoes-saga-beef-leather_2026_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C609&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/fnn_moonstar-shoes-saga-beef-leather_2026_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C456&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto: MoonStar<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MoonStar, the Kurume-based footwear manufacturer known for its school shoes, has expanded its premium leather lineup with the release of the women\u2019s model \u201cSL Mizuhiki\u201d in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":178176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-178175","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/178175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}