Abstract

Housing in Japan has two types : the traditional Japanese houses and western style house. The traditional Japanese houses was built mainly of wood, with a tile roof. Traditional Japanese housing does not have a designated use for each room aside from the entrance area (genkan, 玄関), kitchen, bathroom, and toilet. Any room can be a living room, dining room, study, or bedroom. This is possible because all the necessary furniture is portable, being stored in oshiire, a small section of the house (large closets) used for storage. One characteristic of a Japanese home is the genkan, or entryway. It includes a small area, at the same level as the outside, where arriving people remove their shoes. As they take off their shoes, people step up onto a raised floor. They point the tips of their shoes to the outside. The rest of the residence is at the raised level of this floor. Adjacent to the lower floor is a shelf or cabinet called a getabako (geta box) in which people may place their shoes. Slippers for wear in the home are also stored there. In the traditional Japanese houses there is a room called washitsu (a Japanese styled room). It features tatami flooring, shouji rather than draperies covering the window, fusuma (opaque sliding vertical partitions) separating it from the other rooms, an oshiire (closet) with two levels (for storing futon), and a wooden ceiling. It might be unfurnished, and function as a family room during the day and a bedroom at night. Nowadays most homes in Japan are semi-westernized. But, in western style house, they also have genkan, living room, toilet, and ofuro. But, in western style house include at least one traditional Japanese styled room called washitsu.

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