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Geta
What is Geta?
Geta is Japanese wooden sandals. Japanese wooden geta sandals are worn with kimonos in place of tabi socks and zori sandals.
Description of Japanese geta sandals
Japanese geta shoes are raised wooden sandals with straps for wear with casual kimono or the yukata.
What are Asian geta sandals made of?
Asian geta sandals are made of woods such as paulownia, cedar, cypress, chestnut and oak.
Some Japanese geta sandals are naturally finished paulownia, others are painted white. Tabi socks are not worn with Japanese geta sandals. The straps are velveteen or leather.
Geta sandals for rainwear
Geta sandals for rainwear have a covering over the toes and straps made of vinyl.

Zori
Zori are Japanese sandals. Japanese zori sandals are worn outdoors with tabi (tabi socks).
How many types of Japanese zori sandals are there?
There are cloth Japanese zori sandals, leather zori sandals, vinyl zori sandals, and plant fibers zori sandals for zori sandals worn in the summer.
Japanese cloth zori sandals
Japanese cloth zori sandals of gold silk brocade, Saga brocade or figured brocade are for ceremonial occasions to go with ceremonial Japanese kimono. Enamel processed leather zori sandals also serve the same purpose with ceremonial kimonos.
Height of the heels of the zori sandals
The height of the heels should be 4-5 cm when wearing a ceremonial kimono, 3.5-4 cm when wearing homongi or small pattern kimono and 2.5-3 cm for casual wear.
The color of the Japanese zori sandals
The color of the Japanese zori sandals should match the base color of the kimono or they can be coordinated with the color of the obi cord or bustle sash.


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