{"product_id":"japanese-geta-sandals-kotoba","title":"Japanese Geta Sandals 'Kotoba'","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBrown wooden geta with a navy strap printed in white brushed characters\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhite characters on navy, on brown wood. These geta are a solid base in a warm brown stain with the grain showing, two teeth underneath, and a padded strap in navy cloth printed with brushed characters in white, passing between the toes. The brown gives the navy something to sit against, so the strap reads as a strap rather than vanishing into the shoe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are the version of the character-strap geta for someone who wants the wood warm and the strap dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe name, Kotoba, is the word, the thing the characters make, and the strap carries a handful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe base is a solid block of wood in a warm brown stain that shows the grain, with a flat footbed, a rounded toe and two teeth underneath, the front one set forward of the ball of the foot. The strap is a padded fabric thong that passes between the first two toes and anchors at three points through the sole.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWear them with a white tabi sock, the split-toe sock in the photograph, which is how a geta is worn in Japan: the sock takes the rub of the thong and the split gives the strap its place. Under a yukata, a jinbei, a wide trouser or a pair of shorts, the geta is the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe characters on the strap are printed in white on navy in a brushed hand, decoration rather than a sentence, and the padding runs the full length of the thong. The brown stain is darker at the edges and lighter across the footbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe footbed is flat and the two teeth are fixed, so the walk is the geta walk: a short step, the weight over the front tooth, and the knock of wood on pavement that gives the shoe its sound. Indoors, on a wooden floor, take them off.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWipe the wood with a dry cloth and keep it out of standing water, which swells the grain; the strap can be sponged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom across a street they are brown geta with a navy strap. From close the strap shows its characters, the wood its grain, and the footbed its lighter centre. They are the geta for an indigo yukata, where navy on brown is the traditional pairing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSizes run from EU 38 to 46, each listed with its US equivalent. They are cut to Asian sizing and run small, so take one size up from your usual. A geta is meant to end a little before the heel, and the size up keeps the toes off the front edge.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"YONAKU","offers":[{"title":"38 \/ 6","offer_id":59208063320412,"sku":"14:365458#Color4;200001027:200000898","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"39 \/ 6.5","offer_id":59208063353180,"sku":"14:365458#Color4;200001027:200000364","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"40 \/ 7","offer_id":59208063385948,"sku":"14:365458#Color4;200001027:100013888","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"41 \/ 8","offer_id":59208063418716,"sku":"14:365458#Color4;200001027:100010483","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"42 \/ 8.5","offer_id":59208063451484,"sku":"14:365458#Color4;200001027:200000337","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"43 \/ 9.5","offer_id":59208063484252,"sku":"14:365458#Color4;200001027:200000338","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"44 \/ 10","offer_id":59208063517020,"sku":"14:365458#Color4;200001027:100010487","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"45 \/ 11","offer_id":59208063549788,"sku":"14:365458#Color4;200001027:3116","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"46 \/ 11.5","offer_id":59208063582556,"sku":"14:365458#Color4;200001027:200000899","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1055\/3386\/6332\/files\/japanese-geta-sandals-kotoba-1.jpg?v=1790584076","url":"https:\/\/yonaku.com\/products\/japanese-geta-sandals-kotoba","provider":"YONAKU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}