As the weather warms up, off come the tights and socks and it's time for sandals. But what are these? Yes, the two possibly pale, calloused, misshapen — for which read "mistreated" — things upon which you are now standing, called feet.

My own right (pale, calloused, misshapen) foot lies now in the gentle and professional hands of Josselyn Gourret, currently the only foreign medically approved chiropodist/podiatrist practicing in Tokyo.

What is the difference, I ask, as she oils my foot and it visibly relaxes and begins to cheer up.