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1905.] Now the floor of a Japanese house is n’t just the floor: it's the chairs and sofas and tables and beds as well. At home it would be mortifying enough to go out to dinner and spill something on the floor; but in Japan, where people sit and sleep on the floor, it seems even worse. So you are unhappy till your little nesan (who is the waitress, and almost as prettily dressed as the dancing-girls, but not quite) comes laughing to your aid, and shows you