Clogs are a type of footwear made in part or completely from wood. Used in many parts of the world, their forms can vary by culture, but often remained unchanged for centuries within a culture.
Klompen from the Netherlands
Wooden soled type English clogs
Overshoes type of clogs (pattens) with leather turnshoes (German), reconstruction of the Middle Ages
This cowherd appears to be wearing thick white wool socks and black leather turnshoes under her wooden overshoes, which are eased.
Geta (下駄) are traditional Japanese footwear resembling flip-flops. A kind of sandal, geta have a flat wooden base elevated with up to three "teeth", held on the foot with a fabric thong, which keeps the foot raised above the ground.
A pair of geta
Geta Unearthed from the tomb of Zhu Ran from the Three Kingdoms (三國) Period 4th Century CE
Utagawa Toyokuni III (Kunisada)
Person wearing geta and tabi