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Do Bare Feet of a Gorilla slides really make your legs slimmer?

• Oona McGee
  May 20, 2026
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These bizarre sandals have gone viral on Japanese social media, so we put them to the test.

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• Japan
• (acupressure • Don Quijote • Doshisha • fashion • gorilla • sandals • shoes • slides • SNJO)

New Kyoto Converse sneakers celebrate Japan with traditional kimono fabrics for your feet

• Oona McGee
  Apr 23, 2026

Walk the streets of Kyoto like a modern geisha with this exclusive four-piece collection. 

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• Japan
• (chirimen • Converse • fabric • fashion • geisha • kimono • Kyoto • kyoyuzen • maiko • shoes • sneakers • yuzen)

Japanese sandals dyed with real Uji matcha are here to whisk you off your feet

• Krista Rogers
  Apr 14, 2026

Luckily, the shoes themselves will stay comfortably and cleanly on your feet thanks to a traditional fabric-making technique.

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• Japan
• (COK • fashion • green tea • Kyoto • matcha • Ojiya Chijimi • sandals • setta • shoes • tea • Uji • Yamatokobo • zori)

Naruto and Converse team up for new line of shinobi sneakers[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2026

Wearable salutes to six iconic characters from the shonen ninja saga.

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• Japan
• (anime • Converse • fashion • manga • Naruto • Ninja • shoes • sneakers)

Gundam and Reebok team up for new GQuuuuuuX Pumps【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2025

GQuuuuuuX kicks are ready to help you walk around in mobile suit style.

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• Japan
• (anime • Evangelion • fashion • GQuuuuuuX • Gundam • Gundam GQuuuuuuX • manga • mecha • Mobile Suit Gundam • Premium Bandai • Reebok • Reebok Pump • robots • shoes • sneakers • Strict-G)

Step into Japanese culture with Converse’s new Japan-exclusive shoes featuring gods, sushi style

• Elliot Hale
  Nov 2, 2025

Take a stroll through neon-lit cities and ancient legends.

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• Japan
• (art • COK • Converse • Converse All-Stars • fashion • Fujin • Raijin • shoes • sneakers • sushi)

Virtual idol Hatsune Miku’s new stage costume inspires gorgeous shoes in the real world【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2025

Anime footwear designers create new model to celebrate Miku Symphony 2025 tour.

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• Japan
• (anime • fashion • Hatsune Miku • manga • Mayla • Miku Symphony 2025 • shoes • virtual idols • vocaloids)

Dragon Ball Z and Crocs team up to bring super Saiyan style to your feet【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 20, 2025

Dragon Ball C(rocs).

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • COK • Crocs • Dragon Ball • Dragon Ball Z • fashion • manga • sandals • shoes)

Do Japanese kids need to wear special slippers at school? One part of Tokyo doesn’t think so

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 15, 2025

Uwabaki are becoming less and less common in Minato Ward.

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• Japan
• (education • schools • shoes • slippers • society • uwabaki)

Go on a sh*tty shopping spree at Unco Store poop-themed goods boutique

• Master Blaster
  Feb 5, 2025

What a load of crap!

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • funny • gross • poop • shoes • shopping • SNJO • stores • Unco Shop • unko • weird • Yokohama)

Cherry blossoms blooming on new sakura Air Jordans from Nike【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 24, 2025

Japanese NBA player collaborates on design that features another symbol of good luck besides sakura.

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• Japan
• (Air Jordan • basketball • cherry blossoms • fashion • Nike • Rui Hachimura • sakura • shoes • sneakers • sports)

New Jimmy Choo x Sailor Moon collaboration brings anime magic to bags, shoes and accessories

• Oona McGee
  Sep 26, 2024

In the name of the moon, this collection will punish you…and your wallet. 

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • anniversary • collaboration • fashion • high fashion • Jimmy Choo • luxury fashion • Sailor Moon • shoes • shopping)

Beautiful new line of Cardcaptor Sakura shoes are here to capture your fashion-loving heart【Pics】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 24, 2024

Three designs based on three iconic anime magical girl costumes.

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• Japan
• (anime • Cardcaptor Sakura • Clamp • fashion • manga • Mayla • shoes)

Where’d those amazing Godzilla shoes seen at the Academy Awards come from, and can you buy them?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2024

Small Japanese fashion brand gets a big boost in interest following Godzilla’s historic Oscar win.

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• Japan
• (Academy Awards • cool • crazy • fashion • Godzilla • Godzilla Minus One • kaiju • movies • Oscars • shoes)

If Evangelion heeled sneakers are on your feet, all’s right with the world with new shoe line

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 16, 2024

Shinji and three of his Eva co-pilots inspire unique shoes with high style and surprising functionality.

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• Japan
• (anime • Evangelion • fashion • high heels • Mayla • pumps • Rebuild of Evangelion • shoes • snakers)

We test out slippers from a company whose couch makes its users “useless human beings”

• Dale Roll
  Feb 13, 2024

Will these Yogibo slippers also make us useless? 

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• Japan
• (COK • fashion • roomwear • shoes • slippers • SNJO • style • yogibo)

Beautiful new Hatsune Miku shoes make you look like the virtual idol, look like her themselves too

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 6, 2024

Mayla captures the essence of the Vocaloid with lever little details.

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• Japan
• (anime • fashion • Hatsune Miku • manga • Mayla • pumps • shoes • virtual idols • vocaloids)

Hello Kitty Crocs take kawaii fashion to new heights in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Jan 15, 2024

Step out with the world’s hardest working anime cat in this cute collection.

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• Japan
• (anime • COK • cool • Crocs • fashion • Hello Kitty • japanese design • Sanrio • shoes)

Japanese sneaker brand Onitsuka Tiger kicks off its 75th anniversary with Astro Boy collaboration

• Dale Roll
  Dec 16, 2023

Stylish shoes, clothes, and accessories in red, silver, and black all pay homage to Japan’s first serialized animation. 

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• Japan
• (anime • anniversary • Astro Boy • collaboration • fashion • Onitsuka Tiger • shoes • sneakers)

Shoe brand Clarks Torhill teams up with Pokémon for the nostalgic starter shoes of your choice

• Krista Rogers
  Dec 12, 2023

We humbly suggest that the catchphrase of the line be “I choose you, Pokémon shoe!”

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• Japan
• (90s • Clarks Torhill • collaboration • fashion • Pokemon • shoes • sneakers)

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