Trendy rain boots first started showing up about two years ago, now they seem to be everywhere. It doesn’t even have to rain, although a good Japanese shower will bring them out by the thousands. We found the best ones on Zelkova tree-lined Omotesando, right on the edge where Harajuku street fashion ends and expensive foreign and Japanese labels start.

Most of the brands we ran into came from abroad: Emileo Pucci, AIGLE, Cacharel, Cocue, Marc Jacobs and so on. But we also found a few Japanese ones, like BEAMS, Hiromichi Nakano and Kanematsu.

Get some inspiration for the next time the heavens break, see all our photos of Rain boots!