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> I also visited Japan and I learned that people generally tear down their houses and rebuild from scratch every 20-30 years. From what I understand, the Japan
by bobthechef 6y ago
> I also visited Japan and I learned that people generally tear down their houses and rebuild from scratch every 20-30 years.
From what I understand, the Japanese has a strange cultural aversion to housing that's been lived in or in which people died.
- primitivesuave 6y agoThis was what I observed as well when living in Japan. While the other reasons given seem to be valid as well, the most common reasoning for new home construction I heard amongst my coworkers was this cultural/spiritual reason.
- hellbannedguy 6y agoYea, my dad was threatened with a lawsuit because he didn’t disclose my grandmother died in her bed. This was in San Francisco.
- emj 6y ago"Departures" a Japanese movie from 2008 deals with this phenomenon in a very pleasing way. I recommend it.