wearing wooden clogs
Refers to the act of putting on or wearing 下駄 (wooden clogs). Often used in contexts describing traditional Japanese footwear.
At summer festivals, you often see people in yukata wearing wooden clogs.
He likes walking on the cobblestones in wooden clogs.
草履 are flat sandals, often worn with kimono, while 下駄 are elevated wooden clogs.
Compound of 下駄 (wooden clogs) and 掛け (wearing, putting on). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term straightforwardly describes the action of wearing geta.