Japanese Toe Shoe Culture

If you have seen the Japanese costume drama "big Olympics", you will remember that the Japanese woman wearing a kimono is wearing a toe white stocking and walking on a small step. Toe shoes and toe socks. Japan Known as the "foot bag", they used to be warriors and travelers. The modern Japanese not only continue the tradition of wearing enough bags, but also develop them to create new styles and uses. Today, even the neighboring countries, China and South Korea, and even many Westerners are affected by it. They are trying to wear toe socks.

The ancestor of prime minister Yukio invented. Toe shoe

Not long ago, a reporter traveled to Japan to meet the "camel Xiangzi" of a rickshaw in front of the Qingshui temple in Kyoto, the ancient city. Out of curiosity, I came up with a conversation with "Japanese Xiangzi" and found that they wore a black cloth boot with their thumbs separated from their toes. Originally asked to try on the shoes of the other side, unfortunately, he was catching up with "Xiangzi" and got a quick run.

Later, I saw this kind of interesting shoes in a shop before I knew its scientific name was "foot bag". In the 50s of last century, the poor working class in Japan liked to wear such shoes. In order to match this toe shoe, I spent 20 yuan to buy a pair of socks with two toes. I felt comfortable after I put them in my shoes. It is said that the inventor of toe shoes is called Ishihashi Tokujiro, who put the glue on the traditional toe socks in 1923, and then raised his wrist part to make boots. This new lightweight and foot care shoes soon spread throughout the country. Shiqiao's younger brother Erlang, the grandfather of Japan's current Prime Minister Yukio, used the technology of producing rubber soles to tires, and founded Bridgestone Corp as one of the largest tire manufacturers in the world. Because of its strong sense of touch and easy control of body balance and skid resistance, toe shoes are widely used in civil buildings, gardens, high-altitude operators and camping activities.

Women in white pocket are rated "sexiest".

There was a survey of Japanese men asking Japanese women what the sexiest part is. The result was unexpected. The first place was "foot" and the foot with white toe socks. The socks of this kind of socks are 100% cotton, and very thick. The sound of the scratching on the tatami is more and more accord with etiquette. In the past, Japanese women could only wear pure white toe socks for a lifetime. The freedom of modern women was much larger. They could choose different patterns of foot bags with kimono patterns. A Japanese dance teacher told the "Global Times" reporter that every time she performed the selection of her foot bag according to her role, she only wore a white bag when she was instructing students. The purpose was to remind everyone to face the dance art forever with a pure mind.

Do not belittle a pair of simple toe socks. If they are all hand-made, they can only make one pair a day. Even if they are made by hand, they can only produce five or six pairs a day, and even a mature foot bag craftsman will take 20 years. For 290 years, the "happy long house" foot bag shop is finely made to millimeter according to the foot type of the customer. The emperor family and Sumo Lui are guests on the door. But like most traditional crafts, with the Westernization of Japanese life, these crafts are becoming more and more difficult to carry on. The owner of the house said with emotion: "my ancestors told me that only tatami bags would not disappear. But the emperor, or sumo wrestlers, walked up to the stage for a few minutes, even when Lui Li wore shoes. It is said that there are only 3 Japanese hand-made pouch bags in the country, and the hi long house will be closed in the hands of this generation because no one has inherited it.

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In recent years, the Japanese attention to health problems has attracted the attention of the toes. The 5 toe bags are also popular, because increasing the gap between the toes can get more exercise while walking. Moreover, toe movements can strengthen the muscle activity of the feet to prevent the occurrence of hallux valgus. Shrewd Japanese businessmen also introduced foot bag sports shoes, footbag insoles, stockings stockings and so on. The toe shoes are priced at ten thousand or twenty thousand yen, which is not too expensive for young people to afford. As for modeling and pattern design, it is totally not lost to regular sports shoes. If you don't like to wear sneakers, you can also try bags, slippers, foot bags and boots.

Westerners also get inspiration from their pocket bags, designing ultra thin five toe shoes, known as "the most comfortable shoes in the world". It helps prevent ankle sprains, and doctors in Department of orthopedics have even started using these five toe shoes to help patients recover.