I just wanted to say that I’ve always been a fan of tabi shoes. Ever since I was a child, I wondered what kind of shoes they were. Now, I get to feel the experience of wearing a split toe shoe.

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The general belief is that tabi shoes are traditional footwear in Japan. While that is true, tabi shoes were first invented in the twentieth century and were modeled after the split-toe socks. As the socks’ design implies, the shoes also have the toe split from the rest of the fingers. However why did they become popular, what is their purpose and benefits, and how do you choose a pair? Those are all questions we are going to answer in the following article.

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From a Japanese perspective, it is both encouraging and flattering that tabi shoes have become well known globally. Even Nike has manufactured them and one can say that Fivefingers shoes made by Vibram is based on a similar concept!

In case you don’t know, tabi shoes generally refer to traditional type of shoes from Japan with split toes. But when and how exactly did these shoes originate in the first place?

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