A man in the greater Tokyo area is on trial for stealing over 70 pairs of shoes – but we’re not talking jacking brand-new Yeezys on the train.
Makoto Endo is currently being tried for some of the thefts, which he reportedly told police he committed because he gets off on sniffing them.
“I did it to get sexual pleasure by sniffing the smell of well-worn shoes, regardless of their owners being men or women,” he said.
Everyone’s got their thing – whether it’s ASMR, BDSM, POV. And hey, if you’re not hurting anyone, go for it. We’re not here for kinkshaming.
But just for the record, getting your kicks from nicking other people’s kicks is just not on.
And while Endo’s approach is refreshingly gender-inclusive, perhaps he’d be better off purchasing used shoes online – there’s no way there isn’t a market for that somewhere on the internet.