Zōri

Vinyl zōri

Zōri are Japanese sandals made of rice straw, leather, rubber and lacquered wood. In English-speaking countries, flip-flops (renamed zōri) are popular.

Zōri Media

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  <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Setta, leather-soled zori, with flaps for replacing <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">hanao (rear flap is inconspicuous)

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  Casual <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">igusa zori, with many-warp top surface and velour <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">hanao

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  Zori were traditionally made in the home, as were <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">waraji. Note twine warp, held between hands and toes, and loose-fiber weft, to his right.

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  Pictorial instructions on how to weave <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">wara-zōri or <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">waraji in Hida Minzoku Mura Folk Village; woven footwear is uncommonly produced, especially for practical necessity, in Japan in the present day.

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  Similar roughly-woven festival zori, but with the straps wrapped in fabric before being twisted together.

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  Modern formal vinyl women's zori

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  Historic cloth-covered zori

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  Rubber <span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">gomu zori, frequently used in bathrooms, and left at the bathroom door

Related pages

• Geta
• Tabi
• Okobo
• Flip-flops