My 2-yr-and-3-months-old son has been wearing Tsukihoshi's since he turned one.  These are the only ones he'll keep on his feet.  They've been serving him well until recently.  The flap on one of the pairs came off for some unknown reason.  Before we had it sewn back together, we took him to the nearest shoe store to try another pair on so we can order from Amazon.  The same size 7.5 worked for him, so I ordered.  When the shoes came from Amazon, my son didn't want to keep the same shoes on because even I can see they were not like the ones he tried on in the store (even thought the two pairs were exactly the same shoes).  I'm unsure how this inconsistency came about.  In any case I had to return the pair I ordered from Amazon even though they've been great shoes for my active son.