Jika-tabi shoes in some industries, many workers prefer them for the softness of their soles. This gives wearers tactile contact with the ground, and the concomitant gripping ability lets them use their feet more agilely than rigid-soled shoes allow. This is useful for workers who traverse girders on construction sites and need to be sure what is under their feet. Carpenters and gardeners wearing these boots can, if they wish, use their feet as an extra pair of hands, for example to hold objects in place. There is also a line of knee-high all-rubber jika-tabi that is used by workers in
Boku Tabi limited rental album "Chicago Poodle Choi Kiki CD". It reached #41 rank in Oricon for first week and sold 2,931 copies. It charted for 3 weeks and sold 4,861 copies. All the songs has been arranged by Chicago Poodle Boku Tabi Boku Tabi () is the debut studio album by Japanese pop-rock band Chicago Poodle. It was released on 11 November 2009 by Giza Studio label. After the five years of the indies activity they moved from indies label "Tent House" to major label Giza Studio owned by Being Inc. distributors. It makes their first album released by this label.