Saturday, February 20, 2010

Japanese housing questions?

What is a beranda?


What is a furoba?


What is a rouka?


What is a kamidana?





Any info appreciated thanks.Japanese housing questions?
beranda-a porch


furoba-a bathroom, literary. a room with a bath tub and no toilet


rouka-corridor


kamidana-a small shelf dedicated to shinto godJapanese housing questions?
Beranda: It is sort of balcony, porch or extra footspace outside just next to the house building, also called veranda.





Furoba: It's Japanese style individual bathing room, including dressing floor.





Rouka: It's a general name for passages or corridors(mostly made by wood panel or something like linoleum or floor carpet) from place to place in Japanese house.





Kamidana: It's a sort of neat altar for Shinto style God.
1. Beranda ベランダ veranda


2. Furoba 風呂場 a Japanese bath room (a room with a bath and shower, but not a toilet)


3. Rouka ロッカー locker (in Japanese-English: coin locker)


4. Kamidana 神棚 A Shinto alter in a Japanese house, which will be in the 和室 [washitsu] tatami room

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