Shoes

AndShoes in Japan are an interesting thing. When you go into a building, like a house or a restaurant (or even a gym) you have to leave your shoes by the door. There is usually an area for this, like a little step that you need to leave your shoes at. Then when you go into a building where you take your shoes, you put on your inside shoes. Most of the time these are slippers.most places you go have inside slippers for you to wear. At the gyms there is a big box of slippers that you can grab some from. If you go to someone's house they usually have slippers there for you to wear. In the picture you can see the entry way of the dorm\apartment where most of the players live. The shoes below the step are outside shoes and the slippers above the step are the inside shoes.

And, there are some places inside the house, like a carpeted room or a tatami room where you take your inside shoes/slippers off. I don't know if I completely understand it yet, even after 3 years I am still learning, but I think I have a pretty good idea.