Japanese style or Conventional style door? What can I prefer.

I have some dollars left with me that I intend to use for my home’s front door frame repair. I have this idea to provide a sliding door replacing the old wooden one. So the look would be that of a Japanese style. Somehow this idea creeped into my mind and am now sort of restless in deciding whether it has to be done or not. Some of my friends are just laughing with this idea of mine. I intend to provide a natural, more open space at my front porch. If it is a sliding sort, the space when opening the door would be more rather than cutting the room, the one facing us and another destructing the view of the person standing outside our door.Is my idea dull. Could you suggest a better option?
 
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