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Japan’s Family Mart selling rainbow socks, rainbow-package fried chicken as show of LGBTQ support
- SoraNews24
Apr 20, 2022 - Tweet
Portion of revenue to be donated to advocacy groups.
- Japan
- (convenience stores • Family mart • fashion • LGBT • LGBTQ • society • socks)
Japanese company creates a tiny sock for your big toe
- Oona McGee
Oct 2, 2021
Finally! A clever solution to a common sock and stocking problem.
New Pokémon GU collaboration dresses all the family, including babies for the first time
- Oona McGee
Sep 30, 2021
Uniqlo’s sister brand wants everyone to catch ’em all.
- Japan
- (anime • baby clothes • bags • clothing • Eevee • fashion • GU • limited edition • Pikachu • Pokemon • shopping • socks • sweatshirts)
SoraNews24 staff smells boss’ unwashed socks that have been worn for five-days straight
- Master Blaster
Jun 17, 2020
Look, we don’t come to your job and question everything that you do.
- Japan
- (clothing • COK • crazy • experiment • funny • gross • smell • SNJO • socks • Super Sox • weird • Yoshio)
The odd phenomenon of some Japanese husbands making their wives put their socks on for them
- Casey Baseel
Jun 11, 2020
If you’re old enough to get married, shouldn’t you be old enough to dress yourself?
Indulge your foxy foot fetish with kitsune socks from Japan
- Oona McGee
May 2, 2020
Dress your feet up in fox spirit cosplay.
- Japan
- (cosplay • cosplayers • fashion • feet • fox • fox spirits • foxes • history • kitsune • socks • tights)
How to make a mask out of a sock in two minutes with no sewing skills
- Casey Baseel
May 1, 2020
100 yen shop chain Daiso shares some priceless knowledge that we immediately put to the test.
- Japan
- (100 yen shops • 100-yen stores • clever • COK • cool • Daiso • face masks • Go Hatori • life hacks • masks • SNO • socks • weird)
Our reporter documents his epic fail at designing original SoraNews24 socks at Muji
- Krista Rogers
Dec 17, 2019
Nothing like a good pair of socks to remind us that some people are blessed with artistic talent and others, well, aren’t.
- Japan
- (artistic • creative • customize • design • Kinshicho • muji • Mujirushi Ryohin • socks • Tokyo)
New Pokémon dress sock line brings Pikachu and pals to your fashionable grown-up feet【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 12, 2019
The entire Pikachu evolution family is here, plus other fan favorites.
These “cat foot” socks from Japan are so realistic they look terrifying on human feet
- Dale Roll
Feb 14, 2019
Freak out your friends and family with these hyper-realistic socks made to look like cat feet.
Snuggly ferret makes adorably comfy beds from random household objects, especially loves socks
- Dale Roll
Dec 7, 2018
I mean, if you were small enough to fit in a warm fuzzy sock, you’d probably do it too, wouldn’t you?
We couldn’t believe it when we found a pair of extremely comfortable socks for only 100 yen
- Koh Ruide
Oct 22, 2018
When was the last time you bought a pair of socks for only US$0.89?
- Japan
- (100 yen store • Can Do • cheap • Go Hattori • light • SNJO • socks • warm)
Traditional tabi socks let you sneak around like a modern ninja while providing maximum comfort
- Koh Ruide
Dec 13, 2017
Made by a well-established Japanese company, these authentic socks are sure to give your ninja career a head start.
- Japan
- (comfortable • cool • Ninja • socks • tabi • traditional clothes)
Japanese company releases cute cat paw hand masks and foot covers to support your beauty time
- Oona McGee
Jun 13, 2017
Turn yourself into a kitten with these creative accessories.
- Japan
- (animal welfare • animals • beauty • cats • cute • eye masks • fashion • Felissimo • pets • socks)
Fukuoka man arrested for threatening to kill schoolgirls who wear socks
- Master Blaster
May 20, 2017
Suspect in his forties claims he wanted to bring back the “good old days.”
New Kitty Transformation socks from Japan will help keep your feet cute and cats safe
- Casey Baseel
May 6, 2017
They say cats always land on their feet, and if you’ve got a soft spot for felines, these six designs should be a similarly successful fashion choice.
Japanese cosplayers and models celebrate Nice Knee-High Socks Day 2016【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2016
Annual event owes its existence to fortuitous wordplay and appreciation of strips of exposed thigh.
- Internet, Japan
- (beautiful women • cosplay • cosplayers • knee-high socks • Nice Knee-High Socks Day • socks)
Website Prototype 1000 is a beautiful collection of products that don’t exist but probably should
- Master Blaster
Oct 28, 2016
In need of an inspiration boost? Come browse the zany yet brilliant ideas of artist Neji Sato in his website Prototype 1000.
Underwater Knee High Girls appear in new exhibition celebrating soft thighs and kaiju monsters
- Oona McGee
Jul 13, 2016
Nobody combines classic monsters and knee-high socks like Japan.
- Japan
- (cute girls • girls • Kawaii • knee-high • photography • socks • swimming • tights • underwater)
Sailor Moon socks from Japan appear as miniature uniforms for your feet
- Oona McGee
May 27, 2016
Power up your wardrobe with a pair of collared sailor style Japanese uniforms wrapped around your ankles.
- Entertainment, Japan
- (cosplay • Erimaki Sox • fashion • Sailor Moon • sailor uniform • socks)
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