These traditional slippers are carefully woven by elderly women living in Japan's rural mountain villages. In the winter, when there is little farming to be done, they carefully weave one slipper at a time. They wrap sedge grass and rice plants in cloth and old clothing for extra durability and #comfort . The result is a slipper that gently massages the sole.

 

However, fewer and fewer people know how to weave these slippers, so they are becoming less common in daily life. What's more, those who can weave them are growing quite old. This is why we want to spread the word about these wonderful slippers.

These are leather slippers made using vegetable tanning, a process that uses no toxic substances. The vegetable tanned leather uses skins sourced from a pig farm on the outskirts on Tokyo, with care for the environment in mind. As this leather ages, it will take on a good color.

These sandals are crafted by people with sight and hearing disabilities. Despite their handicaps, they are able to use their spectacular sense of touch to create beautiful products.

The cloth of these sandal straps sometimes stretches after being worn. If so, adjust the length by unraveling the strap at the back so that it can be retied. The back is designed to be easily unraveled for simple readjustment when the strap stretches.

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These slippers are made in farm villages in northern Japan. They are made from naturally dried, woven corn husk. Inedible corn husks have been disposed of in very large quantities, but these slippers recycle and make use of them. In the autumn when corn is harvested, the corn husks are carefully peeled away and dried, and then in the winter when farmwork comes to an end the husks are meticulously woven together. It is a process that requires an extremely difficult and time-consuming technique.

These are leather slippers made using vegetable tanning, a process that uses no toxic substances. The vegetable tanned leather uses skins sourced from a pig farm on the outskirts on Tokyo, with care for the environment in mind.

These slippers made using local leather from Tokyo also incorporate recycled materials. The insoles of these slippers are made by "upcycling" scraps discarded during the weaving of denim. It is said that Japan's denim industry discards around 200,000 meters of denim each day, so we have put some of this denim to use in the cushioned insoles of our slippers. The texture of these insoles feels good, and is comfortable upon the soles of your feet.