{"product_id":"watanabe-pile-bangalore-organic-towel","title":"Bangalore Organic Towel","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-size: 13px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.4); margin: 0 0 20px;\"\u003eOrganic Long-Staple Cotton ・ Rapier-Loom Weaving ・ Imabari, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin: 0 0 32px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 16px; padding: 13px 0; border-bottom: 0.5px solid rgba(2,9,18,0.1);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.25); min-width: 20px;\"\u003e01\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75);\"\u003eA silkiness that surprises you the first time — and deepens with every wash.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 16px; padding: 13px 0; border-bottom: 0.5px solid rgba(2,9,18,0.1);\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.25); min-width: 20px;\"\u003e02\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75);\"\u003eRare long-staple organic cotton from India, woven slowly on a rapier loom.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 16px; padding: 13px 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.25); min-width: 20px;\"\u003e03\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75);\"\u003eGentle enough for a newborn's skin — and a daily companion for years beyond that.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSmooth from the First Touch — Organic Cotton That Gets Even Better\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe moment it meets your skin, it glides — a silkiness that's rare even among premium towels. Among all the towels Watanabe Pile makes, this is the one that made the team at By Emotion pause: \"I've never felt a towel like this before.\" That quality of smooth, refined softness — nameraka in Japanese — is the heart of this towel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0018\/1878\/7915\/files\/organic_e5c80a67-5472-4484-a882-891f2af9d3c0.jpg?v=1764830582\" alt=\"The silky texture of premium organic cotton\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0 0 24px; text-align: right;\"\u003eThe silky, refined softness of organic long-staple cotton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003eThe raw material is Taj Mahal Organic — a long-staple variety grown by organic farming methods in the fertile lands of India, near Bangalore. Long fibers mean a naturally softer, more lustrous yarn. Watanabe Pile then combines three threads in a carefully calibrated balance, building a fabric that is dense without being stiff, and deeply, genuinely smooth to the touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003eWith every wash, the cotton's natural resilience and fullness come more alive. What starts as silkiness quietly grows into something closer to a cloud — not fading with use, but improving. More than one member of the By Emotion team counts this as their personal favorite towel, reaching for it day after day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0018\/1878\/7915\/files\/organic_2a0f8a1c-cc70-43d1-8c7e-005e0af51159.jpg?v=1764830612\" alt=\"Soft and full — the texture holds wash after wash\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0 0 24px; text-align: right;\"\u003eA fullness that doesn't fade — soft and plush wash after wash\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003eHighly absorbent from first contact, and with minimal fiber shedding, it's gentle enough for a newborn's sensitive skin. A towel that makes ordinary daily rituals feel just a little more considered — that's the kind of quiet luxury this one offers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0018\/1878\/7915\/files\/organic_82d1d0ad-b576-426e-8fa3-feadd18606ed.jpg?v=1764830641\" alt=\"Highly absorbent and gentle on skin\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0 0 24px; text-align: right;\"\u003eHighly absorbent and gentle on skin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePassion Passed Down, Woven From Cotton Sourced Around the World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEhime Prefecture's Imabari is known across Japan as the country's foremost towel-making region — the name \"Imabari Towel\" carries a level of trust few textile names can claim. Founded in 1963, Watanabe Pile has spent more than sixty years in this town, carrying forward the passionate craftsmanship of its founding generation in pursuit of \"a towel the world has never seen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003eWhat sets Watanabe Pile apart is an intimate knowledge of cotton grown around the world, and a commitment to drawing out the individual character of each variety. By closely studying the fiber properties of each cotton and developing its own approach to twisting and weaving, the mill produces a range of towels that mass production could never replicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0018\/1878\/7915\/files\/4M5A6924698.jpg?v=1764580932\" alt=\"Researching twist and weave to bring out each cotton's character\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0 0 24px; text-align: right;\"\u003eStudying twist and weave to bring out the character of each cotton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003eMost mills source their cotton through a single trading company, but Watanabe Pile works with several, so each towel can draw on the particular qualities of cotton from different countries. The family also visits cotton fields and spinning mills in person, seeing for themselves the faces and conditions behind each harvest. Handing a finished towel back to the people who grew the cotton, they say, is part of the craft itself — a conviction that ties together cotton grown across the world with the weaving skill of Imabari.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003eToshio Watanabe, who led the mill before the current generation, was a self-declared \"towel maniac\" — every business trip abroad meant returning with a suitcase full of towels to study, towel-making woven so thoroughly into daily life that the two were inseparable. Today, his wife Chitose, his elder daughter Arisa, and his son Fumio carry that spirit forward, working closely with the rest of the team to weave, with care, towels made to move the hearts of everyone who touches them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0018\/1878\/7915\/files\/3_0.jpg?v=1764581439\" alt=\"Arisa (left), Chitose (center), and Fumio (right)\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0 0 24px; text-align: right;\"\u003eArisa (left), Chitose (center), and Fumio (right)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMade to Feel Its Best After You've Used It\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis towel is woven on a rapier loom — a mid-speed machine, gentler in motion than the high-speed looms more commonly used in Imabari. That slower pace puts less strain on delicate yarn, and the extra time spent weaving produces a fuller, more even texture with real depth. Towel-making also involves more than ten separate steps, from preparing the yarn to the final finish. In Imabari, most of these steps are handled by different specialists, each stage carrying the hand-work of a skilled craftsperson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0018\/1878\/7915\/files\/4M5A6600651.jpg?v=1764580883\" alt=\"The even, considered texture of slow rapier-loom weaving\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0 0 24px; text-align: right;\"\u003eWoven slowly and carefully for an even, considered texture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.9; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.75); margin: 0 0 16px;\"\u003eAmid all this painstaking work, what matters most to Watanabe Pile is a simple wish: that a towel should reach its best condition after it enters daily life, not before. A towel is an everyday object, found in every home — which is exactly why the more it's used, the more its comfort deepens and its softness grows. This is a towel whose true completion waits somewhere further down the road of daily use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 4px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0018\/1878\/7915\/files\/1_c086dca6-cb2d-4f10-b29f-f5d10feb0013.jpg?v=1764581013\" alt=\"Comfort that deepens the more it's used\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0 0 24px; text-align: right;\"\u003eComfort that deepens the more it's used\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(2,9,18,0.1); padding-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.4); margin: 0 0 12px;\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0;\"\u003eBrand: Watanabe Pile\u003cbr\u003eMaterial: 100% cotton (Taj Mahal organic long-staple cotton)\u003cbr\u003eFace Towel — 13.4 × 33.5 in (340 × 850 mm)\u003cbr\u003eBath Towel — 23.6 × 47.2 in (600 × 1200 mm)\u003cbr\u003eColors: Off-white, Kinari (natural unbleached)\u003cbr\u003eMade in: Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(2,9,18,0.1); padding-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.4); margin: 0 0 12px;\"\u003eShipping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0;\"\u003eShips within 5 business days ・ Shipping cost included in price\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(2,9,18,0.1); padding-top: 24px; margin-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.4); margin: 0 0 12px;\"\u003eCare\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0;\"\u003eMachine washable — placing in a laundry net is recommended to protect the texture and extend the towel's life.\u003cbr\u003eAvoid bleach and tumble drying at high heat, which can damage the long-staple cotton fibers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"border-top: 1px solid rgba(2,9,18,0.1); padding-top: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 12px; letter-spacing: 0.1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.4); margin: 0 0 12px;\"\u003eNote\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.8; color: rgba(2,9,18,0.65); margin: 0;\"\u003eThe Kinari colorway uses unbleached organic cotton, preserving its natural off-white tone. Small dark flecks visible on the surface are fragments of cotton leaves or stems remaining in the fiber — a natural signature of unprocessed organic cotton, not a defect. The quality and safety of the towel are unaffected.\u003cbr\u003eDue to the handcrafted nature of this product, we are unable to accept returns or exchanges based on color or texture differences from the photos shown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Watanabe Pile","offers":[{"title":"Off-White \/ Face Towel","offer_id":40855989026945,"sku":null,"price":6500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"Off-White \/ Bath Towel","offer_id":40855989059713,"sku":null,"price":9000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ecru \/ Face Towel","offer_id":40855989092481,"sku":null,"price":6500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ecru \/ Bath Towel","offer_id":40855989125249,"sku":null,"price":9000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/3573\/7729\/files\/watanabe-pile-bangalore-organic-towel.jpg?v=1786941442","url":"https:\/\/byemotion-intl.com\/products\/watanabe-pile-bangalore-organic-towel","provider":"By Emotion International","version":"1.0","type":"link"}