10 Things Japanese People Never Do at Home — And What To Do Instead

10 Things Japanese People Never Do at Home — And What To Do Instead 🔔 If you found this useful, you could subscribe. I will be here next week. In 1955, the Japan Housing Corporation was founded to build homes for the families pouring into the cities. Within a few years, young couples were moving into the new danchi apartment blocks. About forty square metres. A tiny entryway. Tatami rooms divided by sliding paper doors. A dining-kitchen. And for many of them, two things their parents had never had: a bath of their own and a metal front door. The houses they grew up in had no locks between the rooms, and every habit in them was built for that. You said a word before you slid a door open. You closed it with your fingertips. You washed before you got into the bath, because the whole family would soak in the same water after you, and the first bath of the night belonged to the head of the house. The last piece on the plate belonged to nobody. Africa Housing News tjf In the house I grew up in, nobody called these manners. They were simply how a home worked when everyone could hear everyone. Then the walls got thicker. The doors got locks. Families began eating at different hours and messaging each other from the next room. Some of the old habits deserved to go. Nobody needs to wait for the head of the house to bathe first. But a few of them were never about paper walls. They were about the next person, and those are worth keeping. Number four is something my mother did with every door in the house, and it takes one second. Number six is a rule many visitors worry about, and I think you can let it go. And number ten does not happen inside the house at all. It happens on the step outside your own door, and my wife says it is the reason she still answers when I come home. Which of these ten did someone in your home do without ever explaining it? And which is the hardest for you to keep? For me, it was number seven, and my wife will tell you so. I read every comment, and the ones you write decide what I speak about next. Articles and sources I used for research: https://www.africahousingnews.com/the... https://tjf.or.jp/deai/contents/teach... https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO... https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81...