dsi1 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Saturday, November 18, 2017 at 3:16:03 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> >
> > I knew these as 'tatami shoes'.
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> I think they're charming, rustic, and funky. Well, they would be if
> you wear them on the mainland.

Yup, and really common to my mind in Sasebo. I don't recall seeing them
worn outside the house there. I think they were thought of as 'house
slippahs' (translation to Hawaii).

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