Jandals

It is said that the New Zealand expression "jandals" for rubber sandals often used at the beach and called "Thongs" comes from the expression "Japanese sandals". This is derived from the shape of jandals being similar to the Japanese "zouri", basically a rubber sole piece held on to the foot by two cloth thongs extending from the inner and outer side of the foot to the gap between the big toe and the second toe. This construction for footwear used to be the norm in Japan before westernization of clothing, with "geta" (wooden sole raised with one or two horizontal wooden pieces and attached to the foot with cloth thongs), and "warabi" (sole woven from straw with straw or cloth thongs, and sometimes extra ties over the foot and around the leg, often used for travelling).