下町風俗資料館（２）

高枕

This is a Takamakura or a high pillow.

I will show you how to use it. Please watch me.

ゴミ箱

This is a Gomibako or a trash box.

It is made of wood.

障子

This is a Shoji or a sliding door covered with Japanese paper. It is used as a kind of curtain, admitting an outside light to the room.

厠と手洗い鉢

This is an old fashioned toilet.

This is a basin for washing hands.

洗濯板

This is a washboard.

We use one in the tub.

長屋

This is a tenement house.

People who lived in tenement houses always helped each other. In this way, the tenement houses became a community during the early times.

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