Which also western style beds didn t come to japan for a long time.
Japanese mattress to sleep on the floor.
Plenty of health benefits include less neck and back pain.
It s also referred to as a shiki futon or a bedroll.
Some choose to avoid the cost of a mattress while others appreciate the firm feeling of the floor.
When i was younger i was reaaaallly picky about my beds.
The thin mattress you sleep on as well as the blanket and pillows can easily be folded and put away in a closet instantly opening up a lot more space for guests exercise an eating area animal photography studio or whatever you want.
We gave up our traditional king size sleep number bed for a japanese futon floor bed.
Another reason why the japanese eat and sleep on the floor might be that japan was closed off for a long time and didn t have any western influences.
Mats are also much more portable than mattresses.
If there are one or two things we can take away from the way traditional japanese people sleep it s this they make sleeping on a hard surface and without a bed very.
It s a slim cushion designed for sleeping.
The sky s the limit and it s all thanks to sleeping on the floor.
Some prefer sleeping on the floor without a mattress.
Why we sleep on the floor japanese style bed july 23 2017 jessica lynette 3 comments just over a year ago we weren t very happy with our thick cushy mattress and paul asked me to research how people in other countries slept which led fairly quickly to reading about the japanese style bed.
They re normally three inches thick though some are four inches.
I hated springs and i hated foam.
Tatami s a very hard mat and japanese traditionally used a futon a type of japanese mattress placed on top of tatami as their bed.
A lot of the times i d just throw some blankets on the floor and then sleep on top of those.
And another thing they still do is sleeping and eating on the floor just like in the old days.
A lot of people in the floor sleeping community use futons for sleeping on the floor.
But now my bed is comfort than the floor.
A shikibuton is a floor mattress.
I wanted it firmer but softer.
It s a staple of japanese culture and the people have been sleeping on them for thousands of years.
A typical tatami mat is about 910mm x 1820 mm but there are 4 different tatami sizes that are used for flooring.
The main pro for ditching your raised bed and sleeping on the ground is improved overall blood circulation in your entire body.
Many cultures sleep either directly on the floor or on a mat or bed roll.
These are similar benefits reported by people who don t sleep with a pillow people who sleep on a mattress directly on the floor also have a significantly lower risk of scoliosis a medical condition where the.