Footwear and method of manufacturing the same

A footwear comprising:

• a foot bed portion including a ground contact surface and a foot bed region configured to support a sole of a foot of a wearer, wherein in a plan view, the foot bed portion comprises a forefoot portion, a midfoot portion, and a rear foot portion along a front-rear direction corresponding to a foot length of the foot of the wearer;
• and
• a foot cover portion configured to cover an instep of the foot of the wearer, wherein in the plan view, the foot cover portion includes a rear end over the midfoot portion of the foot bed portion, wherein
• at least a part of the foot bed portion and at least a part of the foot cover portion are configured of a single additively manufactured product having been produced by a stereolithography-type three-dimensional additive manufacturing method,
• a protruding portion is on an outer surface defined by the additively manufactured product of the foot cover portion, the protruding portion includes a first end and a second end, the first end resides over the forefoot portion, the second end resides at a position corresponding to a top of the instep of the foot of the wearer adjacent to the rear end of the foot cover portion, and
• a thickness of the protruding portion is greater than surrounding portions of the foot cover portion over the foot bed region.