I knew that my shoes haven't worn down flat since long ago. They always started to wear down from the outside. Everyone has their own way of walking and I didn't worry about it at all, but I realized that I easily got blisters. I wrote about my blister here. (link)
Last year, I knew a German Meister about making shoes. He appeared in the German educational program which I was watching to learn German. He accommodates individualized orders from their way of walking. He says, "It's not uncommon that the size of both feet differs." While watching the program, I got to want to undergo his consultation, but he lives in Tokyo. It was not easy to commute to his office.
The other day, I found the Meister's associated shop here in Matsuyama by chance. I dropped in at the shop and had a total check of my feet. As I expected, my way of walking is not good. No one had pointed it out, and I didn't feel any pain in my ankles, knees and hip joints. However, the sizes of both feet are different. The length of my feet are the same, but there's a difference in diameter at the Lisfranc and Metatarsophalangeal joints. I was surprised and decided to have some shoes made.
The picture shows my new shoes. I tried to walk for about 40 minutes with them on. I don't know how to explain the feeling of the shoes, but it's like wearing the best ski boots. They fit my feet up to the plantar arch. On the other hand, how about their design? They are very good functionally, but do they look nice? Why can't craftsmen make them fashionable? Is it the German way?
At any rate, I can't wait to take a walk on the stone-paved streets in Germany with them on.
(Vocabulary)
accommodate
1 [他] 〈建物・乗り物などが〉 …を収容する, 〈ホテルなどが〉 …を宿泊させる
The hotel can accommodate 200 people.
そのホテルは200人宿泊できる．
2 [他] 〈意見・要求など〉 を受け入れる
3 [他] 〈人〉 に便宜を図る
accommodate individualized needs 一人一人のニーズに合わせる
in diameter 太さが違う
Metatarsophalangeal joints 中足趾節関節
Lisfranc joint
Tarsometatarsal joints 足根中足関節
arch of a foot（足の）/ plantar arch 土踏まず
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