When we moved into our current home in the Hudson Valley, that was when we got the tatami mats. Around the same time, we just ...

Are they the same as Japanese futons? Yes, Japanese floor mattresses are the same as Japanese futons. Japanese futons are often called Japanese floor mattresses to distinguish them from western-style ...

Step inside Japan’s most opulent ryokans ... low wooden tables, and futon bedding. Don’t let the absence of Western-style ...

Contributor Erika Veurink discovered these Target jeans after spotting them on her older cousin, Ashley, and mistaking them ...

East Japan Railway Company says the futon was about 1.8 meters long and 1 meter wide. The train resumed operation about 30 minutes later, affecting about 5,000 passengers. The Meteorological ...

It was hard not to be moved by the stream of pilgrims and visitors leaving offerings and prayers for a man who Nobu described ...

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Thank the Japanese for inventing the futon, the lightweight flexible mattress designed to be folded or rolled up, allowing a bedroom to be used for other purposes during the day. Traditional ...

“Like a little meditation?” I venture. “Exactly,” he replies, emphatically, validating our shared moment of mindfulness.

Dolls left at the entrance were covered in a layer of dust. A fan, a futon and an old Japanese-style dresser-drawer remained on the second floor, untouched as if time had stopped since the last ...

The Japan Pest Control Association received 706 ... but he found no evidence of them in his futon. Anti-itch cream did not provide relief. “It was so itchy that I was struggling hard not to ...