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DeepL Translator - Traditional Japanese footwear with a single tooth. (Tengu geta) -Soy Tony
Dec 31, 2025 10:09 AM
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DeepL Translator - Traditional Japanese footwear with a single tooth. (Tengu geta) -Soy Tony
katoutwo8
Imagine getting stepped on.
spitfires2000
"We're prepared for a small flood." - them
sometimesarobot
From what I've heard, walking in them isn't so bad but standing still is difficult.
SwissScars
back in the early seventies, had 4 inch platforms, was 6 foot three in my socks, was a scary schoolboy. Also shaved my head to scare off the local skinheads.
Nomestoo
I was staying with Japanese friends near Fuji-san and the group included a Monk. Neither he nor I drank and the next morning I woke up early and was wandering around the garden while everyone else was asleep, the Monk offered to take me for a walk to see a waterfall. I wore my runners and he wore his 1 rung wooden sandals and it was very hard for me to keep up with him. He showed me a frozen waterfall which was glorious.
exploradoresciclos2018
Gracias por la anécdota y por compartirla con nosotros. DeepL Translator - Thank you for the anecdote and for sharing it with us.😊👍
marthafarquar
There is also the koma-geta or mitsu-ashi, (meaning "three legs"). These were only worn by Oiran the highest-ranking courtesans in Japan. They were a symbol of their supreme status, high above the lower-ranking courtesans and geisha, created a distinctive walking style and kept their fabulously expensive clothes far from the mud and dirt.
exploradoresciclos2018
Gracias. 👍
Kilo11
But why
CabooseDM
Walking through muddy unpaved streets in medieval Japan. They would be removed outside any building and you would pick up the first pair you saw when you left. They were the great social leveller, think wellie boots.
DancesWithHippos
I'm thinking if you're walking in mud, or maybe farming rice, or need to be taller for some reason, this would come in handy. Not so much for city streets though, right? Maybe I'm missing something. Seems like a good way to fall.
Smidge204
I'd have thought a thin paddle that would immediately sink into and get stuck in mud would be the last thing you'd want...
AntiProtonBoy
City streets back in the day didn’t have much of a sewage system
DancesWithHippos
I guess I would go for two planks in this case. More to clean, but less falling down into the sewage. But maybe that's just a me problem.
badspellingchecker
Ok so the oldest forms of this shoe was found in China 3400-2400BCE. The shoes have been found dating back to 750 or so in Japan. Courtesans it says wore a 3 pronged lacquered version which was attractive to people. However the single prong style to develop balance, muscle training, and posture. Fishing merchants have been also known to wear extremely long versions to keep their feet out of the fish scrap on the floors of the market.
exploradoresciclos2018
Gracias.
sometimesarobot
That'd be regular geta. Tengu geta (one tooth, like here) I think are just theatrics/costume, and are what the mythical Tengu wear.