My first pair of shoes in Japan!

...is a pair of Vans! :X

I saw these in a backissue of Mini magazine from April 2010 and just had to have them! The pair I want is actually black and white gingham, but that color sold out, so I settled with red and white instead, which is quite adorable now that I'm looking at them some more. They also have yellow and white gingham, but when I saw the yellow in natural light it had an odd greenish tint to it so I passed.

The original ad in Mini magazine that totally sold these shoes for me. The black and white gingham is super cute!

This is a size 23.5 Japan, which is comparable to US 6.