Zori

Zori

Setta, a type of zori
Type	Japanese sandal
Material	rice straw, cloth, lacquered wood, leather, rubber or synthetic materials
Place of origin	Japan

Zori (/ˈzɔːri/), also rendered as zōri (Japanese: 草履（ぞうり）, Japanese pronunciation: [d͡zo̞ːɾʲi]), are thonged Japanese sandals made of rice straw, cloth, lacquered wood, leather, rubber, or—most commonly and informally—synthetic materials.^[1] They are a slip-on descendant of the tied-on waraji sandal.^[2]

Similar in form, modern flip-flops became popular in the United States, Australia and New Zealand when soldiers returning from World War II brought Japanese zori with them.^{[citation needed]}