Houses: The Shoe Box

Here is the inside of Baba's shoe box, kutsubakko. See all the dust? That's street dust that is left at the door. I took the picture before we cleaned so you could see why we leave our shoes at the door. This shoe box is the cabinet on the right in the picture above. It is used for the family's shoes. Guests' shoes are left on the floor in the entry hall.

Note: In English, we would call this the "shoe cabinet". Papa translated it directly from the Japanese when I first met him so we call it the "shoe box" in English.