Tabi

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A pair of white tabi

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These women wear tabi socks and zori sandals.

Tabi are traditional Japanese socks. The sock is divided at the toes that forms them into two groups. Tabi socks are worn with zori or geta sandals. Tabi can be found in many different colours but they are mainly white.

Tabi Media

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  Tabi being worn with geta

• Cotton tabi, 1700s

• Cloth tabi with ties, early 1900s

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  Modern tabi with kohaze hook-and-loop fasteners

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  Knitted stretch-on tabi, no fasteners

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  Sheer tabi

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  Woven tabi

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  Close-up of kohaze

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