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Japanese zori

This year’s new Japanese Zouri In the 1950s, flip-flops were called “Japanese Zouri” and were exported to countries around the world. flipflop was born in japan.tsukumo is the only factory in japan.stuff

Japanese zori

This year’s new Japanese Zouri flipflop was born in japan.tsukumo is the only factory in japan.stuff

Flip flop: the un-Australian history of the rubber thong

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-30/the-un-australian-history-of-the-flip-flop-thong/13009514 The shoe known in Australia as a “thong” is one of the oldest styles of footwear in the world. Worn with small variations across Egypt, Rome, Greece, sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Korea, Japan and some Latin American cultures, the shoe was designed to protect the sole while keeping the top of the foot cool. Australians havestuff

Introducing the New York Times article

Who Made That Flip-Flop? By Pagan Kennedy Aug. 31, 2012 “I do not know how you feel about the Japanese,” wrote a journalist named Elliott Chaze in 1952, “but I do like their feet.” Seven years after World War II, many Americans still regarded the Japanese as enemies — and distrusted anything to do withstuff

Who Made That Flip-Flop? – The New York Times

“I do not know how you feel about the Japanese,” wrote a journalist named Elliott Chaze in 1952, “but I do like their feet.” Seven years after World War II, many Americans still regarded the Japanese as enemies — and distrusted anything to do with the country. Yet a rubber version of a Japanese sandalstuff