Shoer and the Japanese Getabako

The story

Shoer loves shoes and tidiness, and he picks a different pair every day for a different adventure. Choosing a dusty pair of chocolate brown boots, he blows on them and disappears in a whirl of sparkles.

He lands in a getabako, a Japanese shoe closet, and can't resist reorganizing it. When he slips on a single wooden geta sandal carved with dragons, a fire breathing dragon appears and spells out a request.

The real place: Japan

Three things to tell your kid after the story.

1. 1In Japan, people take off their shoes before going into a home and put them in a shoe cupboard called a getabako.
2. 2Geta are traditional wooden sandals that stand on two wooden teeth, which lift your feet up off the ground.
3. 3Many Japanese schools have rows of getabako at the entrance, where students switch into indoor shoes.

Next stop

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