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 ...

One of the oldest forms of Japanese hospitality is getting more attention from global brands, and cross-pollinating across ...

The number of inquiries about bedbugs remained almost the same when Japan closed its borders to tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bedbugs live in cracks and gaps of mattresses, tatami mats ...

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At the climax of the movie, James Bond (Daniel Craig) confronts the villain, Safin (Rami Malek), in a room whose floor is covered with straw tatami mats. Safin is an ardent admirer of Japanese ...

However, while you can put the Japanese futon directly on the floor, I highly recommend you place it on a tatami mat, especially if you intend to use it for more than a couple of nights.

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

“We hope to appeal to both Japanese and foreign tourists wanting to get a taste of a slower, countryside life in a ...

In Japan, floor mattresses are typically laid out onto a tatami (a type of straw mat) to add some comfort and keep the mattress dry by absorbing moisture . Are they the same as Japanese futons? Yes, ...

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