Japan has two modern and traditional styles of homes. The traditional Japanese house is a beautiful spectacle to the eye. Made of wood and paper, has an organic feel and I hope that you can not find anywhere else. individual houses in Japan are one or two floors.
The traditional Japanese wooden house is expected to last about twenty years ago must be repaired or rebuilt. Depreciates each year, in contrast with the houses here in the U.S..
Interior Designis what really distinguishes the traditional Japanese house, apart from the European and American design. With the exception of the front door (Genk), kitchen (daidokoro), bathroom (I feel) and bathroom (Benjo), has rooms with a traditional Japanese house called useless.
A room can be a living room, bedroom, dining room, or any combination. The spacious rooms are divided by fusuma, sliding doors in wood and cardboard. The paper used for fusuma called washi.These sliding doors can be removed if more space is needed.
In the big old houses, there was a large room, or IMA (living space), divided according to the needs may be. The smaller rooms like the kitchen, bathroom and toilet were small extensions to the side. Roukes or hallway with wooden floor, follow the edge of the house. The windows you see through wood and paper shoji, which is thin enough for light.
Although modern Japanese homes tend to be a traditional Japanesefourth, washitsu called. This room is furniture little or nothing, and tatami mats on the floor. In a traditional Japanese house, this style throughout the home game. Tatami are straw mats in a line of thick, woven from reeds covered. Tatami are smooth and firm enough to walk, and a mattress more comfortable than wood or stone.
The Genkan is usually one level below the rest of the house. When people enter the house, leave their shoesGenkan, facing the door, so just when you get ready to go. Slippers are often used in enclosed spaces.
The kitchen in most traditional Japanese homes contain a kitchen with oven and broiler chickens and a small electric refrigerator. Counter space for food preparation and kitchen sink.
The bathroom has a bath, and often waterproof. An area adjacent to the shower. The Japanese callwashing or bathing water by other swimmers or clothes, it is important not mind the water with the soap and dirt. contaminated parts of the body can be cleaned before entering the bathroom.
The toilet in Japan you can install a Western-style toilet, a bathroom squatting on the floor. The room with the bathroom is often only the size of a typical bathroom, and the person, the environment present special shoes, while in this room.
Heating in wintertraditionally provided by a kotatsu. This is a coffee table with a heating element on the bottom. In cold weather, people sit around the table and keep the heat contained in a light blanket coverage type to the table.
