Shimamura Shoe Review – North Mountain Anna Ankle Boots

Hello everyone and welcome to a new post Today, I have something special for you: A Shimamura Shoe review. The brand releases Disney shoe collabs and I wanted to see how they compare to my usual shoes qualitywise. Warning upfront: I put them through hell for this. I am well aware, that probably no one else, that bought these shoes, wears them the way I did. But I really wanted to see if they are good. Sooo… they suffered through my day to day activities.

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The Testing Conditions

We start with the conditions. I know that you guys will probably not wear and use these boots the way I did in my testing phase. You will buy them to go with an outfit for special occasions. Therefore, they will never look the way mine look after three months of wearing them. But: I wanted to compare the quality to what I know. I do not have many pairs of shoes and they all go through the same hell. So these had to take that path as well 😛

I am more active than the average person. I walk every metre I can and I take walks in the forest daily in addition, often on natural, uneven paths. My steps averaged around 12’000 a day in the time of wearing these boots. So, here are the conditions to give you an idea of what lead to my conclusion about the quality:

Time span of wearing them: I received the shoes in February 2026. The first time I wore them was Feb. 23. The date of the final pictures showing what they look like after testing are from May 23. So, I have been wearing these shoes over the course of 3 months.
How often did I wear the shoes? I wore them at least 3 out of 7 days of the week normally, most of the weeks even more. So, if we go with the minimum, I have been wearing them at least for 36 days straight. Most of these were work days and they were on my feet for around 10 hours.
How many steps did I walk with them? On a normal day, I walk 6000 steps to and from my office on asphalt and another 6000 steps in the forest. So around 12’000 steps in total for a normal day. If we multiply the 12’000 steps on average with the 36 days I wore them at minimum, I walked probably around 432’000 steps in those shoes. i think, that is around 350 to 400 kilometres.

These numbers are an estimate, obviously. I thought about really tracking on which days I wear them etc. and have more accurate numbers in the end, but I was very stressed in spring and it was just not the time for doing an in-depth review like that. So, we have to go with these numbers.

As mentioned above: Yours will not look like mine after three months, probably. It is very possible, that your shoes will look much nicer 😉 Keep that in mind.

Does this Review Apply to all of Shimamura's Shoes?

Obviously, my findings for this specific pair of shoes are probably no representation of all of their shoes. I will have to test different types to see, if the others are similar quality. But, I mean, if I buy a pair of nice heels, obviously I will not walk 6000 steps daily in the forest with those… The conditions would be totally different. Just take this review with a grain of salt, think about the purpose of the shoes etc. I just wanted to mention it because the internet is the internet sometimes.

The Shimamura North Mountain Anna Ankle Boots

That was a lot of pretext but I just want you to be on the same page as I am to be able to decide, wether these shoes are worth their money to you or not. The original price, if you got them from Shimamura’s website is 3’200 yen (3520 plus taxes). At the time of writing this post that’s around 22 USD. I bought mine on mercari and paid 35 USD.

I bought mine in size 3L which is supposed to be a Japanese size 25-25.5. I would say, they are a European 39-40. They are very comfy to wear, I have size 2L as well, it fits too, but I prefer 3L for long walks.

The shoes close with a zipper and they are nice and loose. Very, very comfy to wear, I really enjoyed it and they never gave me blisters or hurt my feet in any way.

The Facts

They were only available for a limited time, but you can still get them over mercari.jp for example. The prices on mercari are usually a bit higher than the original price.

Little Outfit

This is not the outfit I filmed my initial review in and also not a perfect one. I prefer to wear tights with these ankle boots, but it was too hot. I include this outfit because the photo of it is very representative of the horrors the shoes went through 😛

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Shoes in Action

This video was released after I wore the shoes for the first time. It is my initial reaction to them:

Details of the Anna Ankle Boots

We start with the most prominent detail which is the embroidery on the ankle boots. It is well done and the embroidery still looks pristine after three months of use! No thread came loose and nothing 🙂 Here is a picture of the embroidery in the front of the brand new boots:

And here is a detail of the embroidery in the back:

The next detail I want to talk about is of course the pink sole and heel! The sole even has some grip, was fine when the floor still tended to be slippery because of the cold. I like the heel as well, it is nice and stable.

The Frozen and the Disney label are hidden on the inside of the shoe.

The Aftermath...

Ok… So here is the aftermath of over 400’000 steps, half of them on natural paths in the woods…

We mourn the following:

One heel is coming loose
The soles are almost walked through in certain areas
the faux leather at the tips is destroyed

Are these Shoes Worth their Price?

Hell, yes. To be honest, I think they look pretty good still… For 22 USD? And putting them through what I did to them? I am kind of impressed… I have shoes for the same price or more expensive that did not hold up the way these did. They were also very comfy to walk in, the most important thing! I like them so much, that I bought the Elsa version and another pair of these ones to wear with my outfits.

I will fix the heel and wear these to death next automn/winter. To be honest, I am very happy, I tested them in my daily life with my daily habits. Wearing these shoes brought me so much joy. And not only to me. I never got so many compliments at work for my shoes 😉 Everyone seemed to love them! They were money well spent only from this point of view alone: They made me and also others happy.

Here is the video of the outfit I showed you above, you can see the boots in action in the forest here again 😉

And that is everything I have for you today. I hope, this review is in some way helpful for you and you enjoyed it. I wish you a good one and hope to see you in my next post

Love,
Ella