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Originally Posted by Norwegian86
I allways take my shoes off when i go inside my own or someone elses house. But this is usually what all norwegians do. We dont take off our shoes at work and things like that, but in homes we allways follow this kind of "rule". So it's not just japanese people who practice this  We dont have special slippers or anything like that tough. We do it so that the house we enter dosent get dirty Am I wrong if I say that I think americans leave their shoes on? |
Second this. I don't see the point in keeping shoes on inside the house. As Norwegian86 says, this seems to be the norm here. Public areas: shoes on, people's private homes: shoes off, and in fact I've yet to see an exception from this "rule".