Feb
01
2012
Japanese Customs
Japanese customs?
Why do Japanese people take off their shoes and wear slippers inside?
There are a few reasons for this custom.
The first is rather straightforward: cleanliness. Traditionally, the Japanese slept directly on the floor, relying on mats or cushions for comfort. Clearly, it would be highly unpleasant to have to bed down on a dirty, mud-covered floor.
The second is a rather more convoluted answer, centering around the Japanese need for cleanliness. Symbolically, removing shoes (“outdoor wear”) at the entrance clearly separated the sanitary “inside” from the soiled “outside”, feeding the preoccupation with a entirely clean and rather spartan home.
After a while, though, it simply became a learned habit, passed down from generation to generation. Many Japanese see it as a breach of etiquette simply because it is a natural pattern in their daily lives, and aren’t comfortable when it isn’t followed.
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