just pulled these out from around 2001 and wore them quite a bit over the summer as an alternative to slides or birkenstocks...
they remind me of tabi socks, which i didn't realize when i bought them...
*i know that sounds ridiculous, but i just liked them and thought they were cool...
i didn't have anything japanese in mind...
seems ridiculous to me now, though...
and of course- the only place i could find a pic of them is on a japanese website because i guess they see the connection pretty clearly...
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mine are all black- of course...
these are mens...
at the time- my boyfriend and i got the same pair...
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i think bad memories made me not want to wear them for awhile...
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i'm over it now, though...
* i think it's cool that they are still making the same style...
http://nephakatanews.jugem.jp/?eid=319
http://neposaka-news.jugem.jp/?page=25