Comparisons

Japanese Home

Amerian Home

Now Lets Compare The Following...

Bathrooms:

-Japan: The typical Japanese bathroom consists of two rooms, an entrance room where you undress and which is equipped with a sink, and the actual bathroom which is equipped with a shower and a deep bath tub. The toilet is almost always located in an entirely separate room.

-American: bathrooms are generally categorized as a "full bathroom" (or "full bath"), containing four plumbing fixtures: bathtub, shower, toilet, and sink.

Shoe Removal:

-Japan: You will be expected to remove your shoes upon entering many Japanese buildings, including homes and even some English schools. The reason is more practical than traditional, since it helps to keep the inside clean. You may be provided with slippers, but they must not leave the house and they must be removed before walking on tatami mats.

-American: Americans leave shoes on, until home for the night, or unless you like to go barefooted... which is gross.

Mats:

-Tatami (Japan): Tatami Room specialty is Japanese home decor, Traditionally made of rice straw to form the core. Placed all over the floor.

-American: Rugs & Mats are placed around the house, not generally all over the floor.

Tea:

-Japan: Is a traditional ritual influenced by Zen Buddhism in which powdered green tea, or matcha (抹茶), is ceremonially prepared by a skilled practitioner and served to a small group of guests in a tranquil setting.

-American: People drink tea all day, no ritual involved.

Gardens:

-Japan: gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples and old castles. Some of the Japanese gardens most famous in the West, and within Japan as well, are dry gardens or rock gardens, karesansui. The tradition of the Tea masters has produced highly refined Japanese gardens of quite another style, evoking rural simplicity. In Japanese culture, garden-making is a high art, intimately related to the linked arts of calligraphy and ink painting. Since the end of the 19th century, Japanese gardens have also been adapted to Western settings.

-American: Gardens in the USA are generally nice, Depends on the Enviroment.

Doors:

-Japan: Doors in Japan are usually made of rice paper, and kept open to nature.

-American: American doors are wood or metal, usually shut.