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	Genkan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Genkan (玄関) are traditional Japanese entryway areas for a house or apartment, something of a combination of a porch and a doormat.
		The primary function of genkan is for the removal of shoes before entering the main part of a domicile.
		In schools, genkan are equipped with shoe lockers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Genkan (152 words)

	Culture Shocker - Genkan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Genkan [entryway] -- This is an area just below ground-floor level immediately inside the entryway of a home or apartment.
		Genkan are occasionally found in other buildings, especially old-fashioned business.
		In anime, Genkan equipped with shoe lockers can often be seen at schools.
	www.geocities.com /manga1982paradise/genkan.html (121 words)

	Bleach Forums - Weak and Powerless (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Genkan took several steps back slowly and a sad smile came over his face, the anger dissipating from his tired frame.
		Genkan didn’t answer — the direction of conversation was again one that they had entered many times before and he didn’t care to rip open old wounds.
		Genkan’s sword sliced through the shoulder and a robotic arm fell to the ground, electric sparks still flying and the fingers still twitching around the zanpakutou held in its grasp.
	www.bleachforums.com /printthread.php?t=3837 (5837 words)

	[No title]
		The genkan is the foyer or entryway of the house.
		The second level of the genkan is the higher level, one or two steps above the lower part of the genkan.
		(This higher level of the genkan is the same height as the rest of the first floor of the house).
	members.tripod.com /mn_nihongo/genkan.html (466 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		The Japanese genkan is one of the most important parts of the home.
		The genkan may also feature a corner or shelf reserved for seasonal decorations including ikebana and hanging scrolls.
		Kotatsu is a low table with a quilted skirt extending to the floor and an electric heater underneath in the center.
	www.japancorner.com /japanese_home.asp (1366 words)

	Genkan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		These days, it simply refers to the space between the outside and the inside of a building, home, apartment, etc. Inside the front door is a small stone or tile area, typically very similar in design to what is just outside.
		If large enough, the genkan might have a shelf for arranged flowers, family photos, a bonsai tree, or a piece of pottery.
		The genkan is a traditional Japanese space that has been preserved, despite the westernization of many aspects of the Japanese home interior.
	www.japanese-interiors.com /genkan.htm (310 words)

	JapanCorner - The Benihana Guide to Japan
		Each home has a genkan or entrance area where visitors take their shoes off.
		Since the body of the house is raised off the ground, from the genkan one must "step-up" into the home.
		There is usually a kitchen/dining room, sometimes a separate living room and almost always a traditional Japanese-style room called a wa-shitsu which has a tatami mat floor and a tokonoma which is an alcove used to display paintings and flower arrangements.
	www.japancorner.com /architecture.asp (987 words)

	Housing in Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		One characteristic of a Japanese home is the genkan, or entryway.
		Kitchens, bathrooms, corridors and genkan are likely to have built-in ceiling fixtures.
		An older pattern for single occupancy is a long thin, shoe-box shaped apartment, with a kitchen area and bathroom located often near the genkan and a living space/bedroom at the opposite end where a small balcony may be located.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Housing_in_Japan (3353 words)

	Japan Lite- Amy Chavez
		As Kazuko stood in my "genkan" holding another of her home-cooked meals for me, and pleading for me to join the club, I told her it would be impossible, as I was already so busy.
		The genkan is the welcome pit just inside the front door that serves as a gathering place for shoes, spiders and guests.
		In this case, the genkan is probably so small, you can't even see the genkan floor for the heap of shoes.
	www.amychavez.addr.com /news/scripts/archives.cgi?category=1&view=11.09.02-1.03.03 (3255 words)

	Genkan 玄関 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The genkan is very important in any Japanese dwelling, no matter how big or small.
		In Japanese houses you MUST remove your shoes before you enter, and the genkan is the place to do so!
		The lady of the house may turn the toes toward the door so when you leave you can conveniently slip into them and go on your way.
	www.ccet.ua.edu /nihongoweb/genkan.htm (105 words)

	I Have a Question.
		This is known as genkan, which translates to entrance, but the English definition is "the front doors of a Japanese home, building, apartment or other structure."
		Technically, genkan was known for as an entrance of a hallowed place that would include religious aspects.
		In schools, genkan is used to keep the shoes of the children in their.
	www.csufresno.edu /StudentOrgs/jsa/other/colum/spring2003/0407_01.html (582 words)

	Muir Beach, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		In 1983 and 1984, Hiroshi Sakaguchi constructed a Japanese sukiya-style house with tearoom (chashitsu) for Green Gulch Farm and Retreat Center, a Buddhist community established by the San Francisco Zen Center and located in Muir Beach (Marin County), California.
		The genkan serves as a transition space between the exterior and interior, and includes a ground-level floor area where one is permitted to step with shoes.
		In this case, the entrance room's floor is made of small fl stones embedded in cement.
	www.sonic.net /~kiarts/muir.html (405 words)

	Geisha Blog » The Getabako: More Than Just A Space Saver
		There is a story of the first American consul to Japan, Townsend Harris getting off to a bad start with his hosts by walking straight into the shogun’s presence in Edo Castle without removing his shoes.
		When you enter the genkan, you must remove your shoes and the formal etiquette is to leave them neatly aligned and to the side, facing inwards.
		The genkan is a kind of border post post between the outside world and the inner sanctum of the home.
	www.geishablog.com /?p=44 (396 words)

	2. Households, village Shrine and town buildings: the main arenas for gift exchange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Gift giving within the neighbourhood, as opposed to gifts in the Shrine and to the town, is one of the few occasions in which villagers approach the ‘inside’ of the household of their neighbours, without nevertheless going in.
		The sanction against inviting the other in can be analysed accordingly as a direct avoidance to let others bring ‘dirt’ inside, but the emphasis is not only on dirt but also on the capacity for gifts and givers to reveal disorder within the household.
		I insist on the fact that it is at this fragile boundary of the genkan that gifts are offered and returned, and that it is the gift, rather than the giver, which ‘enters’ the house, personalising the thing under exchange.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /csacpub/Mono19/Html/wrapped_gifts-2_-5.html (739 words)

	Inside the Japanese Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The grand canyon that separates the in from the out is the genkan.
		Some genkan will have a tokonoma, an alcove reserved for the display of objet d'art or other typical Japanese accessories and decorations.
		Through the genkan and up into the main house you might find influences Zen concepts.
	www.japanese-interiors.com /japanese-home.htm (505 words)

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		There is a big difference between the tatami of the dojo and the ordinary floor, of the changing room, for example.
		This echoes the distinction between tatami and floor area beyond the genkan in a traditional Japanese-style house.
		Here the uchi-soto distinction operates and people leave their shoes in the genkan, the place where hito-gomi is left behind.
	www.aikiweb.com /forums/showpost.php?p=68832&postcount=21 (370 words)

	Genkan - TheBestLinks.com - House, Japan, Shoe, Slipper, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
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	www.thebestlinks.com /Genkan.html (173 words)

	WU Libraries Special Collections - Language (Philosophy)
		Physician and son of Otsuki Bansui, noted promoter of Dutch studies in Japan, Genkan here offers the reader a manual on the pronunciation of the Dutch language.
		Employing the Japanese syllabary and Chinese characters, he indicates the manner in which western languages would be pronounced.
		Genkan's works include Ran'en nissho, Rangakuhan among others.
	library.wustl.edu /units/spec/rarebooks/semeiology/language.html (948 words)

	TAC Magazine Article: Lalita Rochanakorn Graces the Genkan Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The exhibition she brings to us in the Genkan Gallery will seek to share her fascination and passion for plants.
		Lalita Rochanakorn will be gracing the Genkan Gallery with her work April 30th – May 19th.
		You are invited to meet her on her opening night, April 30 from 6:30 p.m., and have the opportunity to see nature as Lalita Rochanakorn sees it: through her eyes.
	lalita.biz /tac.html (445 words)

	Dish Magazine
		It is said that the word genkan (entrance) means to pass through the control gate into a world of profundity.
		Therefore, the genkan is different from the entrance of Western-style buildings.
		Unlike Western practices, guests are supposed to unshoe at the genkan of ryokans, and put on slippers before stepping on the floor.
	www.dishmag.com /issue47/travel/tvl35-p3.html (301 words)

	Interesting and charming Japanese Interior Design (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Shoes are for outdoors, as are sandals, flip flops, geta, sneakers and the extremely wide variety of fancy high heels that are so popular with Japanese ladies.
		Step in, take your shoes off, and position them on the genkan floor so that the toes point back toward the outside.
		You might also see a phone bill and a set of keys sitting there, this being a shelf near the front door.
	www.easterncorner.com /interior-design/japanese-interior-design-.htm (1019 words)

	Culture Tips for Travelers
		But if you stick to these basics, you are unlikely to go very far wrong.
		A genkan is a sunken area just inside the front door -- similar to a Western foyer -- where shoes are removed and slippers put on.
		Don't step down into the genkan wearing slippers, this gets the soles dirty and defeats the point.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/japan_retired/18645 (423 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		Usually the door is shut, so when you visit someone, you open the door and say, "Gomen kudasai(Hello)" if there is no buzzer.
		Usually the inside of the house is higher than Genkan.
		When you take off your shoes, you turn the tip of the shoes to the outside of the house.
	home.wlu.edu /~ujiek/ie.html (145 words)

	The Space of Culture, the Culture of Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The ambiguity continues in the entrance of the house, the genkan.
		You feel you are inside because the genkan is under the roof, but you are not quite inside, you have yet to take off your shoes.
		At each stage, thank-yous and goodbyes are said: in the room where the socializing took place; at the genkan, where the guest puts footwear back on; as the guest goes through the outer gate; and perhaps also at the car, or at the nearest train station or bus stop.
	www.mla.org /ADFL/bulletin/v34n3/343010.htm (3000 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Genkan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Genkan; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref?title=Genkan (276 words)

	Cultural Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		There is usually a small hallway (genkan) between the door and living area where on stands to remove the shoes.
		After being removed, they are placed together pointing toward the outdoors, or in a closet or on a shelf in the genkan.
		Slippers are often worn inside, but are removed before entering rooms with straw mat floors (tatami).
	burns.dcb.du.edu /cultural_issues.asp?id=40 (718 words)

	Japanese houses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
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		Genkan — entrance of the Japanese house where shoes are removed.
	japanese-houses.je76.com (1372 words)

	Japanese Culture Center - In a Japanese Home
		The genkan is always one-step lower than the main part of the house.
		After removing your shoes at the genkan it is a custom to put on slippers which are usually in front of the genkan or in the immediate area.
		They are supposed to be "one size fits all" but are almost always too small.
	www.yesjapan.com /culture/cc-houserules.shtml (323 words)

	Best Face Forward: A JET in Japan: March 2005
		My genkan, as has been confirmed by countless visitors, is the smallest one in Miyagi, measuring about 1foot long and two feet wide.
		This means I couldn’t have lost it in the genkan.
		The only explanation for its disappearance, other than spontaneous combustion, is that it fell off the door after I slipped it off and I shut the door without getting it on the genkan.
	americaninsendai.blogspot.com /2005_03_01_americaninsendai_archive.html (3980 words)

	Everyday life, Culture and Language
		This area is called the `genkan' and is where you remove your shoes.
		The idea is to step out of your shoes onto the house floor, don't step back onto the genkan floor or you will make your socks dirty.
		This is why it is important not to step on the lower part of the genkan in your socks.
	mac122.icu.ac.jp /ridge_html_book/jc9.html (5708 words)

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