Living in the UK, where it's grey, rainy and blustery for the majority of the year, you'd think I'd own a hooded coat. But here's the thing - I can't stand them. I've yet to find one that flatters me.

After taking off their shoes, students slip on a pair of flexible plastic slippers called uwabaki (pictured above). Each student keeps their uwabaki inside a small cubby inside the school’s entry way ...