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Tengu geta enthusiast Marc recently sent email to us.
“Hello there. I sent you a mail last year about standing on Tengu Geta (link). Since then I
have moved to Japan and married.
Last month I climbed up Shichimenzan Mountain in Minobu and was suprised to find a shrine for Tengu at the first stop. I just [...]

Many Japanese language internet searches for geta and other products return results from Rakuten.co.jp. Similar to Yahoo! Shopping, Rakuten provides a consolidated search and shopping cart service for their many merchants. Until recently, the entire site was in Japanese with no provisions for international shipping — at least not to my feeble Japanese language ability.
Recently, [...]

Most people find walking on one tooth geta to be not especially difficult, but standing in one place is quite a challenge.
I recently received email from one of our visitors, Marc V. In his message he describes his way of standing in one spot on one tooth geta.
“I have been a fan of Geta for [...]

Nifty.com is a Japanese web site similar to Yahoo or MSN. In December 2003, one of their writers decided to try Tengu Geta and wrote about his adventure.
The original Japanese article is here, and if you can’t read Japanese, you can read the computer translated story here.
The story spans 4 pages, don’t miss the [...]

The Japanese Tengu monster is usually depicted wearing tall single-tooth geta. They’re usually referred to as ipponba (one tooth) geta.
The single tooth is usually around 5 inches high, though I’ve seen a couple pairs that are close to 12 inches! 4-5 inches seems to be the lower limit. Much below 5 inches, and the soles [...]

Developing a good sense of balance, is apparently considered important in Japan. Many Japanese elementary schools teach unicycle riding. The one tooth “tengu” geta in the photo were spotted on a toy company’s web site and are marketed to schools. There’s a choice of heights: 5, 10, and 15 cm (2, 4, 6 inches).
The child [...]