The world has witnessed the popularity of the Birkenstock’s, Havaianas, Crocs and other uniquely conceptualized footwear there has been in contemporary history ever since the coming of the all season favorite Chuck Taylor Series Shoes by Converse.  Slowly growing a strong ground and following among the highly sophisticated European market, the Jika Tabi footwear, has been slowly creeping the streets of Paris and other fashionista capitals worldwide with its uniquely Japanese appeal and exoticity of its form. The Jika Tabi is just another miracle waiting to bang bang markets worldwide but time will only tell when all human beings will realize that the ultimate feet comfort can be experienced by having allowance among the main toe and the rest of the fingers, providing much needed flexibility, grip and balance that our human feet needs when moving.

To the bewildered foreigners and Japonistas worldwide, it might sound strange but the Jika Tabi Shoes beauty lies in its fit-form over the human foot, celebrating it form in the highest appeal of simplicity and zen. No wonder why people are amazed by the gracefulness of the Japanese wearing tabi shoes, slowly gliding and walking in minute steps on top of the tatami floor mat or inside the Japanese wooden-styled house. The sound of that rather simple walking movement is of much grace and beauty that it representing the appeal of traditional Japanese culture in general.  For us, nothing could more sexier than this image of the Japanese woman dressed in yukata or kimono wearing tabi socks or shoes. Argghh…

With this simple hyper imagination, we are proud to offer our own ideas of popularizing Japanese cool-ture worldwide by carefully choosing the Japanese Jika Tabi, redesigning it to capture the rather psychedelic eyes of the foreigners hungry for Japanese fashion and creative expression in general. Wearing the Japonista Sole Jika Tabi series would definitely make you stand out, giving you the status of a new fashion pedestal with eyeballs showering you with much atttention and penchant for something cool and Kawaii.  Japonista Sole aims to reintroduce this element of Japanese culture in the form of Jika Tabi with our popular series of colorful, pop and kawaii variations that you would never find anywhere else. This is something straight from Japan, the land of cool-ness, straight from the ninjas, samurais or geishas and you would be assured and guaranteed of a rather Japanese X Western taste collaboration in its design concepts and actual product line.

Long hail the Converse for just really giving us the great simple looking shoes that has a strong impact of fashion statement. With that in mind, along with the the Japonistas worldwide, hoping to spread the beauty, coolness, Kawaii-ness and uniqueness of the Jika Tabi (aka ninja shoes), we hope to spread this global cool and share the healthy concepts within its form.

Japonista Sole aims to introduce and propagate the appeal of the Jika Tabi by not being shibui(Japanese beauty in its cultural aspect) but by being hade (flamboyant, colorful, catchy), which is apt for the making it become loved and cherished by its wearers worldwide. The brand will revolutionize and hype the contemporary fashion taste of Japan by collaborating with many artists, designs and materials in providing a rather alternative shoes that is human-feet-friendly.  It can be used as your portable gym or aerobic shoes (it folds and fits easily in your handbag!). Surf or beach shoes (perfect for strolling the beach this coming summer all without the sand on your feet, without the difficulty of walking with slippers and less grip on ground, without the weight of normal shoes and without the heat absorbed by the sand during noon time). Japanese drumming taiko shoes (be loud as the drum!). Cosplay shoes. Everyday slipper/Office footwear.

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