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Japanese Custom of Removing Shoes: Intriguing With Many Positive Benefits

If you have been to Japan, you know that its people have deeply entrenched traditions about removing their shoes before entering homes and other indoor places. Why is the Japanese custom of removing shoes such a huge part of Japanese culture and society? The Japanese custom of removing shoes before entering a house stems from the Heian period ...

Emma Lu

Shoe removing is a huge part of Japanese culture and society.