literal translation is "please go up".
What is that mean?
It's "Please come in"
(This phrase is for your guests at home, not at office.)
Why is that?
Because of...
the structure of genkan (entrance space) of a house. This genkan space is for taking off your shoes.As you see, inside of the house is one step higher than the area connected to outside.
This genkan space is very useful for changing shoes to slippers (you can sit and change if necessary.) Also, you can keep the house clean). In case of rain, you can open or close your umbrella inside the house so that you won't get wet.
After taking off your shoes, you have to turn your shoes back so that you can put it on smoothly when you go out (as well as it looks better).
You can learn this kind of Japanese culture in my conversational Japanese Course. http://learnjapanese123.com/conversation
Dewa mata!
-Kazue
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