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[โ€“] agentTeiko@piefed.social 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Japanese not wearing shoes indoors / providing slippers for guest's and picking up after yourself or just making sure the space is clean before you leave. Also bath house culture.

[โ€“] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We don't do the slippers thing but here in Canada we don't wear shoes indoors either. I shake my head when I see people in American TV shows laying on a bed with their shoes on lol.

[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It's one of the very few major cultural divergences between the two. As in one severe enough it could cause a misunderstanding. Maybe the only one, IDK.