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Originally Posted by dirtyroboto
Footware is a part of the earth elemental and is not allowed into the house beyond the front door. This space (where you find shoes) is considered a meeting point between outside and inside. The inside of a persons house/apartment/room is required to be clean (spiritually) less you invite bad energy upon yourself, Shoe's can pick up all sorts of bad shit (energy) and transfer this to your lovely space. Wood and straw (tatami) are very good at taking this bad energy up, and as most Japanese houses have woodern flooring and sometimes tatami it is required that you not contaminate a persons home with bad energy.
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That sounds all nice and poetic, but if you actually ask anyone they just say it`s because it is dirty and will screw the floors up.
Normal people don`t have any sort of mysticism attached to it - it`s just something you
don`t do.