Monday, March 18, 2013

Please note slippers! (日本ではスリッパにご注意!)



The Japanese take off their shoes when they up to the house. And they wear slippers for indoor use that are available. Please do not enter the house with wearing shoes.


Since old times, Japanese houses consist of tatami rooms. The tatami room means the room carpeted with straw mat. Japanese people take off their slippers, when entering a tatami room. In the latest Japan, the life style of the European and American type increased. So, the rooms which have carpeted on the tatami besides a Western type living room also increased in number. In that case, it is not necessary to take off slippers. Japanese people are wearing slippers in rooms other than the tatami room.
 

Japanese people change into the slippers only for a toilet, when going into a toilet. Also, when they are out of the toilet, they change into slippers for indoor wear again. Because there are many foreigners forgetting this, please be careful. It is hated by Japanese people of the house when you come back to the room with wearing the slippers only for a toilet.


Please respect the lifestyle of each country, and make many friends who invite you to their home.

 

日本の家は、靴を脱いで家にあがります。そして、用意された室内用のスリッパをはきます。くれぐれも靴を履いたまま家の中に入らないでください。
 

日本の家は古来より畳の部屋が多く、畳の部屋にはスリッパを脱いで入ります。最近は西洋式の生活スタイルが多くなり、西洋式リビングルームのほか、畳の上にカーペットを敷いている部屋も増えました。その場合にはスリッパを脱ぐ必要はありません。畳の部屋でなければスリッパをはいたままで過ごします。
 

トイレに入るときは、トイレ専用のスリッパに履き替えます。トイレから出たら、また、室内用のスリッパに履き替えます。これを忘れる人が多いので注意してください。トイレ専用のスリッパをはいたままで部屋に戻ると、家の人に嫌がられますよ。
 

各国それぞれの生活習慣を尊重し、自宅に招待してくれる友達をたくさん作ってくださいね。


-----  Wriiten by Mori-sensei in Murasaki Japanese Institute

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