This is my third pair of Tsubos... This shoe is not of good design though it looks good esthetically.  The laces cut into my foot when I walk.  There is no tongue and they would look pretty lame with socks.  As I walked around the city in these shoes, they definitely started severely rubbing my feet and I hobbled horribly the rest of the way.  This pair got three stars as opposed to two because I like Tsubos and I really liked the height of the shoe.  The other tall ones are probably designed better minus the awful laces.