{"id":95607,"date":"2023-03-08T17:18:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T09:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=95607"},"modified":"2023-03-08T17:38:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T09:38:11","slug":"whole-love-kyoto-hanao-shoes-a-modern-take-on-traditional-japanese-footwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/03\/08\/whole-love-kyoto-hanao-shoes-a-modern-take-on-traditional-japanese-footwear\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole Love Kyoto &#8220;HANAO SHOES&#8221;: A Modern Take on Traditional Japanese Footwear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Japanese culture, Zori are traditional sandals that are made of various materials, including straw, cloth, lacquered wood, or synthetic materials. Usually&nbsp;worn with Kimono or Yukata, they are also used in many pre-schools as they are known to be health-beneficial and support foot development in children.<\/p>\n<p>Though it remains an unconventional pick in modern fashion, Whole Love Kyoto&#8217;s hopes on preserving the traditional craft has led to the birth of &#8220;HANAO SHOES&#8221;, a never-before-seen silhouette that combines essence of both zori and sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>Utilizing a lace-up construction as its base, sandal straps comes attached above the lacing system, adding a simple yet unique look to the classic sneaker fit. Looking to various materials and dyeing techniques, the label reaches out to manufacturers from respective prefectures of the country to create a total of 47 variations of the footwear.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/08170516\/hanao_shoes-656x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/08170516\/hanao_shoes-656x1024.jpg 656w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/08170516\/hanao_shoes-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/08170516\/hanao_shoes-768x1199.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/08170516\/hanao_shoes-984x1536.jpg 984w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/08170516\/hanao_shoes-166x260.jpg 166w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/08170516\/hanao_shoes.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 656px) 100vw, 656px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>All pairs are slated to be made available via a pop-up at two BEAMS JAPAN outlets, where customers can pre-order the pair of their choice and also purchase selected products by Whole Love Kyoto. The installment will run from March 8 to 22 at BEAMS JAPAN Kyoto, and April 5 to 18 at BEAMS JAPAN Shinjuku.<\/p>\n<p>In other sneaker-related news, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/03\/08\/end-x-reebok-club-c-stout-is-an-emulation-of-the-rich-brew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">END. x Reebok Club C &#8220;Stout&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/snkrdunk_int\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22285 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp\" alt=\"Magazine-Bottom-Banner\" width=\"970\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy.webp 970w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-300x93.webp 300w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-768x238.webp 768w, https:\/\/snkrdunk.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/20154621\/Magazine-Bottom-Banner-copy-282x87.webp 282w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 970px) 100vw, 970px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Japanese culture, Zori are traditional sandals that are made of various materials, including straw, cloth, lacquered wood, or synthetic materials. Usually&nbsp;worn with Kimono or Yukata, they are also used in many pre-schools as they are known to be health-beneficial and support foot development in children. Though it remains an unconventional pick in modern fashion, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":95609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21,18,32,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-calendar","category-latest-news","category-news","category-releases"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95607"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95749,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95607\/revisions\/95749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}