Instep cover and shoe upper

An instep cover that covers a portion on an instep side of a wearer of a shoe upper configuring a shoe, the instep cover comprising a slit extending from a foot insertion opening for the wearer to insert a foot toward a toe, and a shoelace holding section that holds a shoelace for adjusting a spacing of the slit, wherein

• the shoelace holding section includes a holding unit comprising a hole formed in a slit edge region including a rim of the slit, and an annular strap formed by connecting a first end and a second end of a lace-like body to the same side of the slit edge region, wherein said annular strap traverses the slit at the shoelace holding section and has a length capable of being pulled out from the hole when an intermediate portion of the lace-like body is brought to a position of the hole after traversing the slit, wherein
• with a portion on a right side of a center line that divides the slit to right and left being a right side edge region and a portion on a left side being a left side edge region in the slit edge region of the instep cover,
• the shoelace holding section includes,
• a first holding unit configured by a right side hole formed in the right side edge region and a left side strap connecting to the left side edge region, and
• a second holding unit configured by a left side hole formed in the left side edge region and a right side strap connecting to the right side edge region and used as a pair with the first holding unit,
• wherein said first holding unit traverses the slit from left to right with a part of the left side strap capable of being pulled through the right side hole and said second holding unit traverses the slit from right to left with a part of the right side strap capable of being pulled through the left side hole;
• a position of the right side hole in a length direction of the instep cover is between a toe side connecting portion and a heel side connecting portion of the lace-like body configuring the right side strap;
• and
• a position of the left side hole in the length direction of the instep cover is between a toe side connecting portion and a heel side connecting portion of the lace-like body configuring the left side strap.