{"product_id":"tabi-socks","title":"Tabi Socks","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhite tabi socks with a split toe, the sock worn with geta, zori and sandals\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne toe on its own. These are tabi, the Japanese sock with a split between the big toe and the other four, so the thong of a geta, a zori or a sandal passes between them and the sock stays on. They are white, ribbed, cut to the ankle like a crew sock, and they are the sock in every photograph of every geta in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are the least expensive thing in the shop and the one that makes the footwear work, and they are worn from spring to autumn under a yukata and all year under a house slipper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name is the Japanese one, and the split-toe sock is older than the Western sock in Japan: the traditional tabi is a stiff cloth boot with a hook fastening, and this is its knitted cousin, the everyday one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sock is a ribbed knit with a little stretch, the big toe knitted as its own pocket and the other four together, with a ribbed cuff at the ankle and a reinforced heel and toe. It is a crew length, which shows above a geta and under a trouser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear them with the geta, the zori, the waraji or the flip flops in the collection, or with a thong sandal of any kind, and the strap goes between the toes without rubbing. Wear them on their own in a house; the split toe spreads the foot and it is oddly comfortable once it is used to. They also go under a martial-arts uniform, and they are the sock a jinbei is worn with in a house with a wooden floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe split is the detail: it is knitted, not sewn, so there is no seam between the toes to rub against a thong, and the pocket for the big toe is cut generously. The rib runs the full length so the sock holds up without elastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a room they are white socks. From close the toe shows its split, the rib its lines, and the cuff its stretch. They are the sock for anyone who has bought a geta and wondered what to wear with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMachine wash warm, tumble dry low. They are socks, and they are treated like socks; the split toe does not need anything the other four do not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne size, stretch to fit an adult foot from about EU 36 to 44. Sold as a pair.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59207661158748,"sku":"JC-TABI-WHT-OS","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/tabi-socks-1.jpg?v=1790586750","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/tabi-socks","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}