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Waterproof slip-on clog with Japanese-inspired design

Would you call them clogs or outdoor slippers? Either way, you know what they are. They live by the door and get more use than all the other shoes and boots in the house put together. These ones are from Stockholm-based brand, Fubuki, so they’re a Japanese-inspired design, as reimagined by pragmatic Swedes. The EVA shell shrugs off rain, mud, and whatever else the world might throw at it, while the soft lining makes them comfortable enough to wear all day. A replaceable felt insole adds a bit of warmth underfoot, and the cleated rubber sole stops you skating across wet decking.

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- 100% waterproof EVA shell
- Soft inner lining
- Cleated rubber sole
- Replaceable felt insole (~95% acrylic, ~5% aluminium)
- Unisex sizing (EU35–EU46)
UK Men UK Women Weight (+-30 g)

- ~4 600

- ~5 620

~5 ~6 640

~6 ~7 660

~7 ~8 680

~8 ~9 720

~9 ~10 740

~10 ~11 780

~11 - 820

~12 - 860
- Upper (Shell): 100% EVA
- Sole: 100% Synthetic Rubber
- Insole: ~95% Acrylic, ~5% Aluminium

UK Men	UK Women	Weight (+-30 g)
-	~4	600
-	~5	620
~5	~6	640
~6	~7	660
~7	~8	680
~8	~9	720
~9	~10	740
~10	~11	780
~11	-	820
~12	-	860

Perceived fit: large

If you're normally in between two sizes, go with the smaller of the two

EU Size	UK Men	UK Women	Foot Length (cm)	Slipper Inner length (cm)
37	-	~4	23.8	24.6
38	-	~5	24.5	25.3
39	~5	~6	25.2	26.0
40	~6	~7	25.8	26.6
41	~7	~8	26.5	27.3
42	~8	~9	27.2	28.0
43	~9	~10	27.8	28.6
44	~10	~11	28.5	29.3
45	~11	-	29.2	30.0
46	~12	-	29.8	30.6

- Step 1
  - To clean the outside of your boots, use a soft sponge, some mild detergent/soap, and water. Scrub the boots until they shine!
  - To clean the inside of your boots, use a lightly moistured towel (preferably white). Wipe the inside of the boots gently.
- Step 2
  - Once cleaned out, leave the boots to dry. This could take a day or two. Whatever you do, don't use a direct heat source. Direct heat sources and your FUBUKIs are not best friends. Never place them in front of an electric heater/radiator, an open fire, in an electric drying cabinet or in a window that gets plenty of sun on a hot day. If your boots happen to be soaking-wet, you could consider using a boot dryer.
  - When they have dried out, spray the inside of the boots with some antibacterial shoe spray and leave to "rest".
- Chemical-free construction - FUBUKI eliminates unnecessary chemicals from their products, including PFCs/PFAS chemicals, ensuring a cleaner, safer boot for both the wearer and the environment.
- Sustainability through packaging - FUBUKI made a full switch to FSC-certified paper and cardboard packaging in 2024, ensuring all packaging materials come from responsibly managed forests.
Confusingly, Fubuki's Japanese-inspired boots and outdoor clogs actually hail from Sweden.

It started with a pair of garish orange boots on the streets of Stockholm. Uni student Kalle Norman had picked them up on a ski trip to snowy Hokkaido, after noticing that pretty much every local liftie, snow-plough driver and workman wore the same unbranded lightweight snow boots – usually in the same bright orange.

Little did he know when he brought a few pairs back to Sweden that his ten-minute walk to campus would turn into a daily fashion show. Strangers stopped him on the street, and even his dad pinched a pair. Everyone wanted in.

Kalle teamed up with childhood friend Christofer Ljunggren, and Fubuki was born. The brand launched in 2019, survived a pandemic and a typhoon that destroyed their Japanese supplier's factory, and has since grown from 100 pairs stacked in a Stockholm student flat to over 300 stores across 14 countries.

Fubuki means 'snowstorm' in Japanese, but their wellies and outdoor slippers have proved just as popular as the original snow boots. Across the range, everything's made to be warm, waterproof, durable and surprisingly lightweight, in colours that refuse to blend in.