Originally Posted by
abmj-jr
The slippers are most often on the small side and large persons like me often must walk around those sites in socks as there are never slippers that fit. As a result, I make sure I wear sturdy, cushioned "athletic-style" socks when visiting such places.
One thing to note about these places is that, IME, sometimes hosts don't realize that their slippers don't fit, and will then spend some time trying to get the guest to put on the slippers. I too have big feet and sometimes people simply assume that foreigners don't like slippers or spend 5 minutes or so trying to convince me to put on the slippers despite me explaining, in Japanese, that they don't fit.