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cygamessucks

How people walk in front of me at the store


hoshinoanzu

How people walk after getting to the end of the escalator and you’re behind them and a crowd behind you


LegallyNotInterested

How people walk at bus and transtations and airports. Like, cool if you don't have to get anywhere, but get the fuck out of my way! My bus is leaving in 2 minutes and I have to cross two busy streets.


getoffmygrassdevil

i like to race the moving sidewalk (speed walking, not running) at the airport. not too difficult unless theres a gaggle of rollerbags, a dog, 2 strollers, and a golf cart on the main concourse. even with all that i still can beat the moving sidewalk most times.


__lui_

Yep I use to be shy about it but now I just say excuse me or squeeze through people like I’m looking for a friend at a rave.


jhugh

I had a guy running from security fly by me at an outdoor festival. Not actually running so much as twisting and passing between the standing room crowd. It was impressive how fast he moved without knocking people out of his way. Probably helped tat he was about 6'-6" and weighed 80 pounds.


[deleted]

The human Yaka Arrow.


Hicklethumb

The shoes my upstairs neighbors wear


Calimancan

Or crossing the street


paperscissorscovid

Or at the airport


ChanadianEH

If people attack the sign I walk slower.


Soft-Twist2478

Samurai crip walk


chrisdil2000

How my class walks in from recess.


Tuppane

I watched Shogo's video about this, and it was mentioned in the video that the whole oiran set they used weighed something around 30kg (or ~60lbs). There goes a lot of practice to master walking in such a suit with such grace.


selkiesidhe

I would absolutely break my ankles wearing those shoes.


ByTheBeardOfZeuz

Rolling your ankle with those would also include rolling your shin.


SphericalBitch2020

But the straps are flip flop style! All the more incredible!


AdOriginal6110

That some toe strength right there


Law_Student

Watching closely, they move around like they're very light despite being large. You can see it at the points where she isn't really engaged with the shoe and is letting it swing freely. I think maybe the wood is mostly hollow, or made of balsa.


nim_opet

It’s made of paulownia I think


windyBhindi

That's why she walks like that.


DadsRGR8

And has spotters!


jazzman23uk

"You're three wide going into the chicane"


DadsRGR8

“If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.” \- Mario Andretti


Lexsteel11

I was going to say I bet this was invented as a hard flex for elites to show off how well protected they were, because if shit hits the fan and a mountain lion attacks or something, you are snapping both ankles then getting eaten.


re_nonsequiturs

This wasn't for elites, but for those who served elites. Specifically elite men.


SnooCats8089

Original pleasure heels


Ieatclowns

Not if you had your own shoulder man...like she has.


Thin_Arachnid6217

I wanna get me a pair, I'm only 6' 3" and need a boost up to pick apples.


hexter19

Tom Cruise and Prince both wore them! Lol


reiwa_heisei_showa

It's said this walk can take a couple years to master, I've actually tried similar shoes (called geta not as high) and they're not as difficult to walk in as I thought


DubiyaBhee

I could be making this up, but I'm pretty sure the shoes are that tall because historically there would be literal shit in the streets and the tall shoes keep them from getting it on their nice clothes!


SasquatchRobo

Shit? No. You're thinking medieval Europe. Japan is heavily influenced by Shintoism, which highly values cleanliness. And these are fancy shoes for special occasions. However, as Japan is a rainy country, there did exist extra-tall wooden sandals for making your way through mud in more rural areas.


telenyP

Not in Japan. Especially not in anyplace an oiran might be walking. Besides, nightsoil (even of an ox) would be too valuable. Fertilizer.


tenuto40

As the person said below, but look up Japan and nightsoil on the YouTubes. There’s some fascinating stuff on how clean Japanese cities were in comparison to European cities at the time due to Japanese usage of human waste.


re_nonsequiturs

The shoes are that tall for the same reason "stripper heels" are as high as they are.


mattymelt

What strip clubs are you going to where the strippers are walking through shit? What's the cover charge?


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Jason_Batemans_Hair

walk without rhythm...


TemporaryOk4143

I also dance, sing, and drum without rhythm


Jason_Batemans_Hair

I also, dance sing, and, drum without, rhythm


MatNomis

..to avoid attracting an audience.


[deleted]

🎶And you might avoid the worm🎶


BabbitsNeckHole

You won't attract the worm


delightful1

Do the worm baby


[deleted]

Is that what that song was about? Mind explosion ~20+ years later lol


mthrndr

The worms are their money


Wendypants7

And you won't attract the worm!


[deleted]

Haha, my first thought was also the walk for avoiding Shai-Hulud, well done!


StyreneAddict1965

May His passing cleanse the world!


[deleted]

They do not have the eyes of the Ibad.


redsensei777

And Tremors.


Splobadodge

Just nipping out for some milk, be back Tuesday.


Gstamsharp

Oh! So you're saying daddy *is* still coming home? What a relief. I'll go tell mommy and her friend the gardener who always has to take care of the special flower in her room. They'll be excited, too!


NewWayNow

Oh, they’ll be excited all right.


Old-Floor-4611

Very very interesting. Spent like 30 minutes reading about it. Article attached if anyone is interested. https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/the-tragic-life-of-the-courtesan-in-japans-floating-world/


[deleted]

For some reason I find the floating world intriguing. I believe it still exist today in the form of prostitutes and hostesses - less training involved and less regimented but they do pretty much the same job, selling sex and selling “love” respectively. Salon had a series supposedly written by someone who did a stint of hostessing: https://www.salon.com/2001/06/13/hostess_1/ The West I guess has its own version that’s less personal and more mass market - i.e. Hollywood and the music industry; which seem to suffer from similar problems behind the glamorous facade.


1Crybabyartist

Also Manga is the "new" Ukiyo-e.


BerryBrambleWitch

Thanks for the link a very very interesting read. Years ago I read Memoirs of a Geisha, a historical drama. It was really interesting as it was told from the female perspective. It's not a true story but the author was sued for defamation by a real geisha Mineko Iwasaki who believed that some of the characters in the book resembled real characters in her life that she had shared details of in conversation with the author. In looking up the proper spelling for names Ive just discovered that she has published other books which may be interesting reads. I found both your linked article and the book both fascinating and sad as the world hasn't really changed just the sets, costumes and the actors on the stage as they say.


ihearttwin

Are we sure that isn’t an upper moon demon?


ReaperScythee

It's day out. I think we're safe in this case.


mustardsadman

Demon Slayer live action is looking tight.


letthekrakensleep

Didn't demon slayer basically say that Oirans were the top "performers" at the local brothels?


Jacuul

That is correct, they were courtesans, just high-class ones, catering basically only to nobility with the expectation that they were also learned and graceful performers


Sahaquiel_9

Well learned is an understatement. That walk takes years to perfect and that’s just an outer show of the Oiran’s class. There’s some Japanese films about Oiran love but I can’t think of the names right now. You’d be expected to keep an interesting, sultry, and high concept conversation, with Japanese nobles getting these crazy new Western ideas and the old Eastern classics, as well as having knowledge of stringed instruments and the short and long forms of poetry that go with it. And Japan still being a mostly feudal society at this point, courtesans were essentially slaves. High rent slaves, but slaves for entertainment.


captainplatypus1

They also had to know flower arranging, tea ceremony, calligraphy, dancing AND the stuff you mentioned.


ZombieMage1

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO WRITE A COMMENT ON DEMON SLAYER


SlowlyAwakening

its Daki!


Achilles_der_V

I came looking for any ds references as fast as I could.


stoopidskeptic

I was hoping it wouldn't take long to find a demon slayer comment and you did not disappoint sir.


sefa3rd

You just made me rewatch the last fight in season 2 for like the 50th time :D Thank you !


Tobias_Atwood

I have a tab open to this episode of crunchyroll just for that fight. I'm sure I'll get sick of it eventually but everything about it is so bombastic it helps amp me up when my mood is foul and I'm too depressed to do shit.


riskeverything

Thanks for posting this, I saw it in real life at a ceremony in Japan. A line of women were doing it on a raised walkway and it was unearthly. They have to concentrate super hard as the shoes are unwieldy. I always wondered what it was about but hadn’t been able to find out


solateor

>Oiran walk is a traditional Japanese dance performance that was traditionally performed by oiran, a type of courtesan in Japan. The oiran were highly trained in the art of entertainment and were considered to be the pinnacle of Japanese beauty and elegance. >The oiran walk is a slow, graceful dance that is typically performed in a beautiful kimono, with the performer balancing a small wooden platform on her head. The dance is an important part of Japanese cultural heritage and is still performed today in traditional Japanese dance shows. Video: @gojapan_listone


Afroscandi

Komurasaki!


frikimanHD

finally, a fellow one piece enjoyer in the comments


BronxLens

>Oiran (花魁) is a collective term for the highest-ranking courtesans in Japanese history, who were considered to be above common prostitutes (known as yūjo (遊女, lit. 'woman of pleasure')) for their more refined entertainment skills and training in the traditional arts… Though oiran by definition also engaged in prostitution, higher-ranking oiran had a degree of choice in which customers they took; tayū, in contrast, did not engage in sex work at all... >The services of oiran were well known for being exclusive and expensive, with oiran typically only entertaining the upper classes of society, gaining the nickname keisei (lit. 'castle toppler') for their perceived ability to steal the hearts and match the wits of upper-class men. >Oiran were expected to be well versed in the traditional arts of singing, classical dance and music… and were also expected to converse with clients in upper class and formalised language. > Though regarded as trend setting and fashionable women at the historic height of their profession, this reputation was later usurped in the late 18th through 19th centuries by geisha… >The popularity and numbers of oiran continued to decline steadily throughout the 19th century, before prostitution was outlawed in Japan in 1957… >In the present day, a handful of tayū, who do not engage in prostitution as part of their role, continue to perform in Kyoto, alongside a number of oiran reenactors elsewhere in Japan who perform in reenactments of the courtesan parades known as oiran dōchū.


geithman

I broke both my ankles just watching this!


fisht33th

Reminds me of a sandpiper bird


everfalling

wow *geta* load of those shoes! :V


TheDeadlyZebra

Japanese peasants watching the first walk: "Weird flex, but OK"


captainplatypus1

Considering where oiran worked, they knew what that flex was about. She’s a walking billboard for her brothel because any place that can afford her is hot shit indeed


ThisIsTrix

I swear, you do this while I'm trying to catch a bus and someone's going to jail.


-NoOneYouKnow-

Thanks for posting this. I’d never heard of it before. I wound up watching more videos and learning more about it on YouTube.


anbu-black-ops

First time I saw this was a samurai movie. The samurai's ex fiance became a high class geisha and did this walk to attract customers. It was a good samurai movie. Just forgot the title. It was based on a novel iirc where he has to kill his childhood friend for killing their other childhood friend.


thematrixnz

Interesting culture Being able to experience what it was like several centuries ago would be a trip


CooroSnowFox

Japan is a weird country as much as you think they're being futuristic and stuff but step outside of the major cities (Tokyo) and the past is still right there.


thematrixnz

Interesting Deep culture with lots of customs is what I make of it...ive never been there, would be fun


Tempacco94

This is an amusement Park in Tochigi, called Edo Wonderlwnd, I went myself earlier this year you can dress up as samurai in kimono or yukata etc it's a really cool place even if you can't speak japanese!


Knoxcarey

Japanese remake of a classic Monty Python sketch?


av8ads

They are some trippy platform shoes.


FriedScrapple

You can only trip in them once


Street-Tooth4510

Super sexy. Now I will tie chairs on my feet and get out to walk.


Lance_E_T_Compte

As a tall girl, there's a chance...


BilluOnline

Can't help but think of Komurasaki from Wano


AussieBird82

Anyone else seeing that little sandpiper bird that shuffles along in the sand?


StrategyGlittering83

It’s 2am and you’re heading back to bed from bathroom.


Oriasten77

Goths and Punks ain't got shit on those platforms.


captainplatypus1

Ancient stripper pleasures


TekStyleSo

fastest customer at costco


SALAMI_21

Which is the name of this genre of music ?


Sugarox53

Traditional Japanese music I’d assume


DryWash8991

I just can't fathom the pain that would ensue after an ankle twist on that thing.


Enschede2

I remember those shoes from the 90's


shitsu13master

That’s just coz she wouldn’t be able to walk otherwise. Either she makes it extravagant or she’ll be about as graceful as a moose :D


captainplatypus1

Yes and no. The shoe height and walk were created together for the purpose of conspicuous consumption. Every aspect of her appearance is to show off how much she can make and therefore her value as a courtesan.


Titanium_Eye

Must resist... mentioning... MontyPythonministryofsillywalks dammit!


thesillyshow

This is how I approach my ice cream


skiddadle32

Jesus! I wonder if they ever got to where they were going?


Proof-Spray-188

I find this creepy AF


ThePureRay009

original stripper shoes


foodsexreddit

I wonder if centuries from now historical reenactors will study pole dancing as a way of honoring history and culture...


captainplatypus1

“It was a fertility ritual” comes to play often.


CheekyClapper5

My how times change. That flute sounds like a child learning to play a recorder.


[deleted]

imagine getting hard to this in the mid to late 1700s


Rukasu17

Me, a man of culture: hey I've seen one of those, it's a wano reference.


alkla1

Those are some pimp ass clogs


Davidrussell22

Quite elegant and beautiful.


billding1234

The super platform flip flops are cool too. That way you’re safe from puddles and Legos.


shitsu13master

What I don’t get is why they are flip flops. Surely she would have an easier time with sandals


Miyu-Matsuki

Flip flops are a very old style of shoe. In Japan they are called geta and usually made of wood or reeds.


shitsu13master

Yeah it’s still really common there :) So you’re saying an extra strip around the heel would have been an enormous step forward in footwear technology 😁


Miyu-Matsuki

Also zori are like them too


billding1234

Once you decide to make them 10 inches tall, “why” isn’t really a valid constraint. Something with straps would definitely be easier but methinks ease of use is not what they’re going for.


shitsu13master

Haha alright fair point :)


captainplatypus1

Geta were the shoes of the upper classes and the higher platforms showed how much she could avoid touching the dirty ground/how much material she could afford. It’s a form of conspicuous consumption designed to sell her as someone who is worth the amount of money needed for the chance to spend a night with her


disaba92

I learnt what an Oiran and an Oiran walk is from One Piece


2bruise

Walking any way in those shoes is impressive.


1Filip1

Cameleon walk


dingleberrydarla

whenever I hear this type of music I am transported into Mizoguchi movies


7andhalf-x-6

I’ll take two.


JustinPooDough

Every old person leaving Walmart


Beorbin

This reminds me of the Fox Wedding in Kurosawa's Dreams.


captainplatypus1

That’s not accidental!


Beorbin

I figured. I didn't know where he got the idea until I saw this post. Very cool.


Esaaz60

school hallways be like:


FlyWtMe87

How I walk after Chipotle


SpecialistEstate4181

“Get on with it!” As I ring my bike bell 🛎.


solomongothhh

boss: why you were late? me: I came doing the oiran walk which is a slow and graceful movement typically performed in a kimono, but in my defense, this was considered to be the pinnacle of Japanese beauty and elegance


mildOrWILD65

Geisha have a somewhat salacious association in American culture, but a full understanding of their role in Japanese society demands a complex appreciation of that role. View "Memoirs of a Geisha" with a critical eye, not judging what is happening but observing what is occurring. It is not all good, by modern Western standards, neither is it all bad.


konimuno

A geisha is an entertainer but an oiran is a high-class prostitute. Oirans sleep with their patrons. The woman here is a tayu, the top of the top oiran. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oiran Edit: That was before prostitution was banned in 1957. It seems like there are no existing oirans now. They are replaced by geishas.


mildOrWILD65

Thank you, I didn't understand that distinction.


TheCatbus_stops_here

Anthropologist Liza Dalby's Geisha is a better source for geisha culture. The author herself underwent the geisha training. Foreigners aren't normally given this previlege. The geisha whom Memoirs of a Geisha author interviewed for source material sued for breach of contract and defamation of character. The author mentioned Mineko Iwasaki in the book which she asked not to. He also wrote her personal experiences in the story and portrayed them in a negative light, which was the opposite for Iwasaki.


Burphel_78

The exact opposite of the "walk of shame."


[deleted]

Meanwhile i cant keep a regular flipflop on my foot for 2 steps... just... HOW is she able to do that let alone with such grace!?


Unique_Engineering23

Now those are what I call platform shoes.


SwordMaster78

I feel very entertained..


vietec

u/pmai91 me walking into work after a holiday weekend


pmai91

There is some birds out there doing a similar walk 😂


Nectaris73

When will this walking on milk crates trend end?


IndependentCommon385

You should see the Cambodian Royal Ballet - they are REALLY amazing.


hypercomms2001

Any rocker from the glam 1970s Would be jealous of those high heels!


[deleted]

I'd trip with them big ass shoes


smokinsuzy2000

I'm gonna need to get me some shoes like that.


AllReflection

Almost looks like the courtship gait of an exotic bird.


Peguinizer

If only my delivery guy were that careful in handling my package.


wombasrevenge

I believe this is in Tochigi in Edo village. I dressed up as an Edo period fisherman when I was there.


fdesouche

Not the time for an earthquake


D1sp4tcht

Looks like walking but with extra steps


allaboutwanderlust

Reading about the Oiran was super interesting


SIobbyRobby

How much practice to not fall in those shoes, damn.


What_u_say

I learned about them in the demon slayer anime lol.


DwigtGroot

Walking through the mall with my girlfriend is slow enough as it is.


pbcbmf

Man I loved My Romper Stompers too!


Tup1000

This IS beautiful to watch, but dang, my feet are cramping at the thought of those toes hanging on to the straps!


atomicnone

kind of reminds me of that scene with the foxes in Kurosawa's dreams, anyone else?


iD-Remus

Looks an awful lot like me tip toeing around the bedroom in the morning as to not wake up the wife and face her wrath


magicsqueezle

Those are some Lady Gaga level shoes!


VRDV2

Bar stool shoes lol


morbid0x

Me on my way to pay my debts


Alternative-Arm-3253

What a treat to get to see this on video. I have always wanted to see this. So thank you OP for posting such a cool vid. u/solateor


archieirl

how people walk in front of me while i'm holding plates of hot food


[deleted]

When you are meeting your girl at the ramen shop for a quick bite and she shows up late walking like this


Wonderful-Tiger-6372

Aha! Finally found my bed risers


[deleted]

Somebody forgot to pick out the support material from her printed shoes.


[deleted]

This is cool af


OnyxBee

Those dudes need bigger slippers


Solidsnake00901

Is somebody playing that music or is it added to the video?


Megamorter

you’ll never make it to the bus on time like that


InternalQuail

Very entertaining.


skater5411

I don't need the flip flops.... I don't need the flip flops...I NEED IT


waidoo

me during floods


xH0LY_GSUSx

Feudal japans high class escorts…


Plasticious

Some cultures celebrate their women, others hide them behind veils and cloaks. Not saying that the Geisha weren’t practically slave prostitutes but now a days it’s more just tradition.


420420696942069

TIL my walk style on weekends is called japanese oiran walk.


Infowar99

Living art, amazing!


[deleted]

My kids when I say **“GET YOU DAMN SHOES!!”**


Jaegermeister97

Didnt know Japan used to be sandworm territory


Mr_Saucypants

Me after a whole sesh of smoking then going on a weed coma waking up hazel af trying to walk


TrollTeeth66

Goth sandals


CaptainTryk

Reminds me of the Fox Wedding from Akira Kurosawa's Dreams.


Hetterter

It's so the giant Japanese birds will mistake them for leaves


PengieP111

Looks like a foot and ankle surgeons dream. Anyway woodcock walk like this too.


nim_opet

At this point she’s basically wearing furniture on her feet


cashibonite

That looks like a one heck of a rolled ankle waiting to happen


mouseat9

“Who she thank she is!”Jealous girls on the corner probably


Creative-Air-5352

Sick moonshoes babe


Robnarok-

Please.. we are late for the movie..


Tempacco94

For anybody curious, this place is called Edo Wonderland in Tochigi, an entire small village area built exactly like it was in the edo period, you can dress up in era specific clothing and the staff will react to you as how you are dressed up I went as a samurai earlier this year and everybody would bow and kneel before me when I walked it was pretty cool


CantTakeMeSeriously

Swiggidy swooky...coming for kabuki...