It's an awful feeling to keep leather shoes on all day in the summertime. Thanko could be your savior with their new product: the USB Sokai Shoes Cooler.
The USB Sokai Shoes Cooler is designed to eliminate stuffiness inside your shoes. Sokai means refreshment in Japanese.
The horseshoe-shaped USB Sokai Shoes Cooler can be hitched to the front side of a shoe. The built-in USB fan sends fresh air to the inside of the shoe and helps prevent the inside from getting too humid. Since the fan is USB-powered, you can use USB Sokai Shoes Cooler anytime and anywhere you have a PC or portable battery.
It can also be used for your body by wearing it around your neck. Price ¥1,980 Size: 48x72x33mm Weight: 50g
Source: Thanko via AkihabaraNews
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philly1
Why aren't yukata and sensible open-toed geta used for standard business dress in summer? It would revive tradition and be comfortable.
Serrano
Sandals no good?
jonobugs
This is beyond ridiculous. If it's that hot, wear the appropriate shoes.
sensei258
I hope that some people will not mistake these for cameras.
BertieWooster
Some things about Japan really worry me.
songwillem2011
@philly1 Like a lot of things in Japan it's a hangover from the Meiji period which led to a pervasive belief that formal western clothing is the superior formal wear even when wearing it is borderline masochistic (which tends to define the Japanese salaryman mindset anyway). I think it'll take another 10-20 years before the average Japanese realize just how globally respected traditional Japanese garbs really are before they change and even then I think pro-Japanese countries like Australia, US and the UK will be swapping out their penguin suits for breezy yukatas and thongs before the Japanese do. Wouldn't that be a funny reversal from a century ago.