Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on August 2011

These latest kawaii accessories have actually been around for a few years, but an outing on the dainty feet of K-pop heroines Miss A and Kara has flip-flopped them into the massive time. The Bubbleflop, apart from sounding a bit like a kind of weird cartoon villain, is a happening foamy-type sandal with absolutely no bubbles of any kind on it. Only joking, it has loads of them. And what’s more, you can find ones with little football-bubbles, grape-bubbles, floral bubbles and the full extent of your most substance-based psychedelic imaginings.

¥4,700-5,500, buy at Japan Duty Free (4F Aqua City Odaiba, 1-7-1 Odaiba) or online.