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[3C Class]

Ｈello　Ｉ'm a junior high school student in japan.
Ｉ think about shoes of the custom in America
I hear that there are young people who take off their own shoes when they com into their room. In the living room they put on their shoes.
I think you may take off your shoes like in Japan. In Japan we take off our shoes at the door.
What do you think?
Thanks.

[obelix]

Sure, I take off my shoes when I walk into the house. It does not make sense to track in dirt from the street.
I like to walk about barefoot in my house too. Even socks on my feet feel restrictive. (In your house though, I would not remove my socks.)
I think Japan is right on this, just as they were correct with the Honda Motorcycle!

[Diana]

Chamorros also follow the same custom as Japan. My people also take off their shoes when they enter someone's home. That is also our custom.

[naoki3362]

Japanese parents discipline their children to take off their shoes
In Japan. It's etiquette to clean our room.

By the way, this custom has a close relation to japanese mind.
This is an expression in japanese.
"Don't enter my heart with your shoes on! "

This is very interesting thing...
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[saori1122]

I don't think so. This custom originates from feature of Japanese construction.
But Japanese people is very shy.