[ SECRET POST #2071 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2071 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

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Comments

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Two)

[slr2moons]

For Japan natives or those who know more than I do:

In one of my language/cultural books, they mentioned bathroom-only slippers. You're supposed to change your house slippers for these whenever you go into the bathroom. And don't accidentally wear them back out into the house!

But I can't recall ever seeing bathroom-only slippers in any form of Japanese media, be it manga, live-action, or anime, and I've watched and read a LOT. Help?

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Two)

[ariakas]

I saw these while I was living there. Not every place/home has them, but many do.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Two)

[slr2moons]

They do exist! Thank you!

Did you see any pattern to who used them and who didn't? Older people? More traditional families? Uncarpeted houses, maybe?

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Two)

[case]

That's because a lot of (traditional) bathrooms in Japan have a drain in the floor - Western bathrooms you're supposed to avoid getting water everywhere since it'll just sit on the tiles, but getting water on the floor isn't a big deal there. So the slippers you wear in the bathroom are made of things that don't soak up water/like slippers you'd wear into the bathroom/shower in college dorms, and the slippers you wear in the house are dry material. That's why you don't want to wear the wet slippers out into the rest of the house.

It's just one of those things that gets taken for granted like taking your shoes off inside the house. I've never seen that explicitly referenced or mentioned on TV or in anime or anything like that either, but it happens.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Two)

[slr2moons]

Thank you! Seeing the reasons for bathroom-only slippers explained makes it seem completely obvious why they exist.

I do find it curious that they don't seem to come up in fiction or media. How every interesting. Thanks again!

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Two)

[yeahscience]

Er, no, sorry, this is false. What you're talking about is the *bath* room, i.e., the room containing the bath, and people do not ever wear slippers inside that room. What the thread OP is asking about is the *toilet*, which often does have slippers.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Two)

[case]

... oh! That's slightly different, yeah.

And weird, my grandparents used to wear slippers in the bath-room (which is what I meant with the traditional thing) all the time because of the risk of accidentally slipping on the floor, and so did most of my relatives, so I thought that was what they meant.

To the OP though: if we're talking specifically toilet rooms, the thing about different kinds of slippers is still true. The ones for toilets are usually rubber or water-resistant in some way, while the ones for the home are softer stuff (usually anyway). There's the whole obsessive sanitation "DIRTY" thing, yeah, but there ARE practical reasons too.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Two)

[(Anonymous)]

It isn't uncommon for single-residence homes and apartments to lack bathroom slippers. That said, a number of people do have bathroom slippers in their homes, and pretty much every hotel will have bathroom slippers as well. They're mentioned in your book to be on the safe side, in case you find yourself somewhere that does have bathroom slippers. That doesn't mean you'll necessarily ever see bathroom slippers.

Re: Stupid questions from non-natives (Part Two)

[yeahscience]

I live in Japan and have lived with a few Japanese families. Just to clarify, when they say bathroom, they mean *toilet*, which is ETA: usually (in my old apartment it wasn't) a different room here than the room containing the bath or shower (which are sometimes also separate). Many households here do have special slippers for the toilet room, because it's seen as dirty to wear toilet slippers in the house (just like wearing shoes in the house). I would say most Japanese households have toilet slippers, but not 100%. It's generally considered polite, though.