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Why don't Japanese people sit on stools

Japanese houses are traditionally made of wood, and when you enter a house, you take off your shoes.

The floor of a room is higher than the ground, so you can step on the floor or the floorboards (like a straw mat) only after you take off your shoes.

Japanese housewives clean the floors and floors of their rooms thoroughly every day, so the floors and floors of their rooms are very clean.

Japanese people, used to sit on the floor because that's how they were inside their homes.

Nowadays, many Japanese people have heating under the floor in their rooms at home, so it is not cold to lie directly on the floor.

All in all, it's the habits that are different, and the Chinese are still used to making chairs and sleeping in beds.