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Last year my wife and I visited the teamLab digital art museum in Tokyo. It was awesome! https://www.teamlab.art/e/tokyo/ https://www.teamlab.art/e/tokyo/ Whe
by bloomingeek 2y ago
Last year my wife and I visited the teamLab digital art museum in Tokyo. It was awesome!
https://www.teamlab.art/e/tokyo/ https://www.teamlab.art/e/tokyo/
When you first enter the building, you put your belongings into lockers, including your socks and shoes. After some instructions, you walk up a slightly inclined ramp that has a wonderful heated river of water about ankle deep.
I realized this warm river of water was actually cleaning our feet! Shortly thereafter, you enter a room that has a very spongy/pillowy floor, thus drying your feet. To my surprise, the whole process almost gave me an icky feeling. :)
- jrootabega 2y agoEnjoy everyone's foot fungus.
- djtango 2y agoThe Japanese take cleaning seriously. The other day I was at a hotel and I saw the hotel front desk staff cleaning the elevator door track late at night. Their approach to floors and feet is one of my favourite things about Japan. No shoes in the house. No slippers on the tatami. Designated slippers for the toilet. Completely thought out and sane. Traditionally the Japanese life revolves around the floor - you eat sitting on the floor and you sleep on the floor. As such they built very strong processes around maintaining clean floors. Shoes in the house is insane. Dogs (and humans) regularly excrete on the surfaces you walk on. Studies have found people who drive regularly traipse in lead around the house coming from petrol refilling. I find the rest of the world's approach to feet and shoes completely upside down. An old roommate explained to me that only after you walk around your home barefoot do you appreciate how clean your floors are and more importantly how clean your feet are.
- rootusrootus 2y agoConversely, only after you walk around your home barefoot do you appreciate that a critical reason for shoes is because humans created unnaturally flat surfaces to walk and stand on. The best answer is a dedicated pair of shoes for indoor use, but my guess is most people would find that too inconvenient.