On Geta

Pingmag does Geta in their article: Clack with your Japanese wooden clogs:

Sometimes the busy streets of Tokyo are just too much for me, so I escape into the astonishingly quiet side-streets for taking a deep breath. The other day, I heard the sound of wooden clogs – or geta in Japanese – behind me: “cur-run-ko-ron, cur-run-ko-ron” – that is as close as I can get to discribing the wooden melody. The astonishing thing is, that this sound implies so much beauty, romance and fantasy for us Japanese… Without looking back I knew it had to be a girl beautifully wrapped in her Kimono making these clacking sounds. When she finally walked passed, I closed my eyes a little to travel to the gardens of Kyoto… Here is a little selection for you – choose, what suits your feet best.

Posted in Korea on Wednesday September 13, 2006.