Spend a long enough time in Japan you might be lucky enough to be invited over for a meal at a Japanese home. Just as in any home around the world, in Japan, there are rules and certain ways of doing things. While each family is different and every household will have their own particular habits, there are some general rules on how to pay a visit to a Japanese home.
One of the most important and well-known thing about visiting homes in Japan is the ‘no shoes inside’ policy. But how exactly is it done?
The front entrance, called a genkan, is usually a lowered floor and the place where shoes should be removed. Sometimes people make the mistake of standing on the raised floor, taking off shoes and leaving them at the genkan, but shoes should never touch the raised floor.
Once you remove your shoes, the polite way thing to do is to arrange them along the edge of the genkan facing outward. This also makes it easier to put your shoes back on when you are leaving.
Credit : Live Japan
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