I wish I could read Japanese, to find some comments from folks who actually do the stereotypical pigeon-toed Japanese schoolgirl shuffle. I’ve searched a couple of times (and just did again) to try to confirm whether it is really a holdover from walking in kimonos (or sandles, or slippers, or from sitting with folded legs, or calcium deficiency, or just a temporary affectation…). It’s really hard to find anything other than a bunch of westerners following either “asian babes: so hot right now” or “backwards foreigners: they can’t walk” modes of discussion. Lots of worrying that Japanese girls are wrecking their bodies to conform to standards of femininity. Ah yes, so exotic and unusual.

Anyway. Yeah. I’m glad you and I stand with comfortable toes and ankles now! I’m reading a book about Tantra, and it suggests walking with a round, extra-relaxed tummy to avoid storing tension, so that’s my next move as far as radicalizing my personal locomotion.