Phil in SF quoted The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
The apartment was smaller than Asuka expected: a genkan leading to a small living room with a synthetic tatami floor, and narrow kitchen, a bathroom with an ofuro, and two small bedrooms.
— The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei (Page 558)
New words: genkan, tatami, ofuro
Genkan: the entryway in a Japanese house
Tatami: a rush-covered straw mat forming a traditional Japanese floor covering.
Ofuro: Furo (風呂), or the more common and polite form ofuro (お風呂), is a Japanese bath and/or bathroom. Specifically it is a type of bath which originated as a short, steep-sided wooden bathtub