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IN A JAPANESE HOUSE

ETIQUETTE LIVING IN JAPAN Japanese furnitures Architecture Bathroom Toilet Table manners Sitting techniques

When entering a Japanese house, you should always get out of your shoes first. Usually there are already slippers ready at the entrance. When entering a room with tatami floor, you also have to take off your slippers. On tatami one should only walk in socks or barefoot. Traditionally the meals are held in the tatami room on a low table. The participants sit on the floor. There are special chapters about sitting techniques and table manners in this guide as well as information pages about the rules for using the toilet and the bathroom.

JAPANESE HOUSE Ogasawara-ryu (Ogasawara-ryu Homepage) This site about the Japanese etiquette includes the pages "Are We Not Allowed To Step On the Tatami Mats??", "Etiquette for Opening and Closing Fusuma" and "Lower seat and Upper seat". Why do the Japanese take off their shoes when entering the house? (Kits Web Japan) About the custom of taking off shoes. Living with a Japanese family (Kansai Gaidai University) Advice for students living with a homestay family in Japan. No links yet.