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西洋の玄関ドアと日本の玄関ドアの違いは?
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11 I have been interested in doors for many years.
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The front doors in
Western countries open inward. But in Japan most of them open outward.
Why do Japanese doors open outward and Western doors open inward? Have
you ever thought about this?
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A young Japanese architect gave me an interesting answer to this 5
question. He said, "In Western countries, people open the doors inward to
ite others into their houses. When you open the door outward, visitors
many years we na
have been
have to move away from the door. In Japan, for
using sliding doors. Even now, many old Japanese houses still have sliding
front doors. When we started to use Western doors in Japan, we had to open 10
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them outward. You know, in Japan we take off our shoes when we go into
our houses. If we try to open the front door inward, what will happen to all
those shoes? We open the door outward to make a place for our shoes."
Our way of living has changed the doors in Japan. They are only doors,
but they are part of Japanese culture.
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