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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