“Ne-Net, meanwhile, produced a show that paid special homage to Japanese tradition and spirituality. Models wore geta sandals, which they politely removed before stepping onto a specially designed polka-dot tatami runway (tatami is the famous local good of designer Kazuaki Takashima’s hometown, Yatsushiro, in Kumamoto Prefecture).”
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