Does your country have "genkan"?
Does your country have "genkan"?
Luis Peterson
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Matthew White
Blake Miller
mudroom?
David Parker
No
We have gengibre, i didn't liked it as a kid
Christian Cruz
What is that?
Ian Foster
Home entrance. Where ground floor transition to home floor
It's where guests leave their shoes
Josiah Watson
most homes have some variation of it
Juan Taylor
No but I wish we did
Everybody just keep their shoes inside and it's disgusting
Caleb Brown
>taking your shoes off indoors
enjoy foot fungus
Jason Hernandez
>civilised Westerner
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Hudson Johnson
What if there's some high-brow social function? Are guests in their tuxedos and evening dresses expected to take their oxford shoes and high-heels and go around in socks / barefoot?
William Collins
Fungus comes from wearing shoes all the time retarded neanderthal
Noah Scott
Yes, it's disrespectful to wear shoes inside.
Ayden Edwards
No, but I wish it did. People who wear shoes in the house are animals.
Luke Martin
no, we are familiar with the marvelous invention of the doorsill so we dont need to have a tiny pool in the house
Zachary Cook
We call it 현관
Hyun Gwan
Jordan Rodriguez
Yes, it's called eteinen.
Nathaniel Wilson
Spoken like a true man of civilization.
Tyler Hall
Guests usually just leave their shoes on the porch.
Thomas Rivera
based asiatic brother
learn kanji low iq faggot
Jayden Bell
The front room by the entrance is called veža, it's where you hang the jackets and coats and put the shoes on the shelf and most people have a basket or cupboard with slippers for the guests there.
James Mitchell
wonder how long it took to get the stink out of the Whitehouse after they left
Isaiah Rivera
Same thing, tiled area, but it's the same level as the rest of the house. I think this is standard in houses the world over.
Luke Nguyen
We have doorstep
Hunter Sanchez
The most important part is that the house is higher than the ground.
Ground is for pigs.
Genkan is legally considered public domain and people can walk in.
Kevin Sullivan
wtf I though you guys lived above ground
Adrian White
Yeah, prieangis.
Tyler Garcia
Yes, we call it “předsíň”. Place where we keep shoes, hang coats and jackets, often there’s a big mirror. Mostly it doesn’t have the step. A lot of people change to in house shoes (slippers).
Isaac Stewart
Yes, it's called "gang"
Matthew Kelly
They're in Helsinki in this photo, I've actually stood in the same place as they did
William Flores
Is that good or bad?
Camden Rodriguez
I think it's pretty cool to think about.
Jonathan Rodriguez
Not really, but we have the "shoes off inside" mentality at least. Just not a whole sophisticated culture around it — yet!