A BARE FOOT "A BARE FOOT" is a interesting culture of Japan. If you grew up in another country and you visit Japan, you would be confused about the rule "taking your shoes off in a room" Even in a Western style hotel and on a airplane, most Japanese take their shoes off. Actually my friends and I take our shoes off in a room that we share to study in my school. Of course, we have sandals to go to a hall and restroom. I come to a school with my own shoes: sneaker or flat shoes, and then change my footwear into sandals. My friend who graduated and work as a doctor said she had understood GETTING SWEATY in her shoes. She took her shoes off during classes always when she was a student, but she can not do so now in a hospital. If you wear shoes all day long, I recommend taking it off in your house, in a classroom and in your own car. You could understand why Japanese like A BARE FOOT lifestyle.