Japanese House Entryway
It is usually located inside the building directly in front of the door.
Japanese house entryway. The single family detached house and the multiple unit building either owned by an individual or corporation and rented as apartments to tenants or owned by occupants additional kinds of housing especially for unmarried people include boarding houses which are popular. In japan houses there will be a small entryway not too different from those found elsewhere except that it will always be a step down from the level of the main floor. Genkan are traditional japanese entryway areas for a house apartment or building something of a combination of a porch and a doormat. Shoes and slippers it is a custom in japan to remove one s shoes just after entering a home.
The area just inside the entrance of a japanese home is called a genkan the genkan is always one step lower than the main part of the house. House rules in japan. A secondary function is a place for brief visits without being. A walk through a large traditional japanese house with a beautiful garden in tokyo.
Any dirt that does come off of the shoes will be confined to this low spot rather than blowing into the rest of the house. The primary function of genkan is for the removal of shoes before entering the main part of the house or building. Housing in japan includes modern and traditional styles. Two patterns of residences are predominant in contemporary japan.