@chrisandflo: Not the strict sign 😅 🇯🇵 Japanese culture maintains a very strict, traditional boundary between the outside world (which is considered dirty) and the inside of a home (which is kept impeccably clean). When you enter a house, you step into the genkan (entryway) to take your shoes off. Letting your outside soles touch the pristine indoor floors, especially tatami mats, is a massive sign of disrespect. So, when you're staying at an Airbnb in Japan and forget something inside, you have to improvise. 😂 👟 The floor is lava but the lava is your shoes #japaneseculture