A Voice from Canada Sparks a New UV-Cut Parka: EPOCHAL to Launch EPOCHTEX® “Perfect Parker” New Version in February 2027

Peekaboo Inc. (Saitama, Japan; CEO: Kikuko Matsunari), the company behind Japan’s leading UV-protection brand EPOCHAL, will launch a new version of its “Perfect Parker” UV-cut parka in February 2027, featuring the brand’s proprietary fabric EPOCHTEX®.

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The project began with a single email from a man in his twenties in Canada, a teacher living with photodermatosis, who shared photos of his condition and expressed heartfelt gratitude for EPOCHAL’s UV-protective wear — along with a request for a design better suited to his needs. Moved by his story, EPOCHAL’s team developed a new UV-cut parka in response.

Since then, inquiries have arrived from around the world: a mother in the UK raising a child with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), for whom EPOCHAL sent UV-cut gloves sized for a baby; a customer in Israel who plans to pick up EPOCHAL’s new front-open UV protective suit in Japan before traveling to Hokkaido; and a customer in China, an early adopter of EPOCHAL’s original UV protective suit, recently interviewed via Zoom through the rare-disease organization CORD (China Alliance for Rare Diseases).

Founded in 2002, Peekaboo pioneered the concept of “UV countermeasures” (紫外線対策) in Japan and will mark its 25th anniversary in 2027.

Media inquiries: pr-manager@epochal.co.jp

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