Life without beds in Japan (Japanese Culture Introduction in English #2) 

When my brother and I visited my grandparents in the province many years ago my grandparents sleeps on the floor with a mat even though they have bedrooms with beds. They prefer the floor and my brother and I would sleep with them. 😊. Thank you for this video💕

I just found this channel! I'm 63 and live in the northern state of Minnesota in the US. I sleep on a fold up tatami mat and a futon! Love it so much. It's been four years since I realized I prefer the floor, and the Japanese arrangement is perfect for me. I love the Japanese culture and the people. Very wise and deeply kind. Thank you so much for creating this channel! I've subscribed and will go appreciate past videos as well as looking forward to future new ones! I'm a fan. :)

I’ve been sleeping on futon for several years now. I live in California and there is a large Japanese-American population here, the culture is celebrated. The futon has cured my insomnia that I have suffered most of my life. It was not easy to get out of the bed first thing in the morning but after about a week my muscles strengthened and I became accustomed to it. ❤❤❤

If i got down on that mat no way could I get up

As a child in the deeply rural parts of my area of Canada my family slept on foam mattresses on the floor that we put away during the day. I was an adult before I ever slept on a spring bed.

Thank you! I loved your video. I was born in the U.S. and I prefer sleeping on the floor to anywhere else! I sleep so much better when I am not floating in the air. When I have my own home, I will have a bed on the floor, someday. Thank you again for sharing!

I live in the U.S. and I’ve been sleeping on a tatami mat and Japanese futon for 2 years now and I love it. I sleep so much better than I did on my regular bed. I got rid of my bed.

I love everything about Japan. I want to visit Japan again. Thanks for your videos. I am your new subscriber!! ❤️

I loved seeing the "put away during the day" bedding that you use. I have always loved the idea of having a totally "convertible" bedroom. Lovely video. G Ire

I just came across your channel and have subscribed. I enjoyed your video, especially your rolling around on the tatami. Although I am American and slept on western style beds growing up, I have been sleeping on futons for over 30 years now. I love Japanese culture and sense of humor. Thank you. I am looking forward to more videos.

I slept on a futon when i was in japan, but it was on a wooden stand not a tatami mat. The best part was how they pinned the sheet to my cover i never lost it.

I enjoyed this soo much! Sleeping this way actually makes a lot of sense!!

You guys are so cute! You lifted my spirit today.

Thank you -what a lovely video! It was a pleasure to watch, and very interesting to learn more about your Japanese culture.

I slept on a futon on tatami mat for the first time while visiting Japan. I slept so well, much to my surprise! A few years ago, I considered trying to duplicate that experience in my own bedroom (U.S.) but, as you point out, tatami mats in the U.S. are very expensive, as are good quality Japanese futons. I stayed with my regular bed. But I look forward to again visiting Japan again someday, and having a good sleep, Japanese style!

Nice video @share-good-things ☮️ Thanks for sharing! I’ve slept on cotton futons on wooden slats, never with tatami mats. I think your room is beautiful, clean & spacious 🕊

When I was young my mother had a good-sized flattish rubber "water bottle" specifically made to be used in bed. She fill it with very warm water, close it, cover it with a towel & put it in bed with us if we were sick!

The only problem i would have is getting up from the floor 😊

Looks great from a minimalistic point of view but perhaps not so ideal as you enter later life. Two bad knees I'm not sure I'd be able to get up again.

I think us asians are used to this. I have better sleep in futons than in a bed plus it's not costly as to a Western-style bed where you have to invest in mattresses, bed frames, over head bed frames, etc. Though, i just leave the mattress and futon on the floor instead. Weekly or bi-weekly depends on the dust, i hang the futons, mattresses and pillows outside.

I use a folding mattress in my living room for all these reasons! 😍

Thank you! I bought a Japanese hot water bottle based on your recommendation. We shall see how it works!

The Japanese are so practical. I could get used to their kinds of beds. I certainly have no problem not wearing shoes inside, when I was 7 and we went to a Japanese restaurant in 1966 I had no problem adjusting to the very low to the floor table. My parents were both six footers so legroom wasn’t so great for them, but I’m small so I fit perfectly, and I learned with seconds how to use chopsticks. The absolute perfection of the Japanese with everything is just so awesome. Everything is so uncomplicated with them. They’re so awesome.

wonderful, i think i will try it. my bed is big & takes up a lot of room . thank you for the entertaining video.

well i m doing that too simply because of space. i have a small apartment and i simply cant justify having to waste en entire room of space just because a bed.

Very interesting! Thank you!

Beautiful! Great ideas! Thank you!

Thank you! I am from Alabama. Very interesting for the back!

Id never be able to get on the floor or up from the floor!

I want to visit Japan ❤

What an enjoyable video! Hello from Michigan USA!

I thought for so long that futon was something entirely unfamiliar. However after your explaination, I realise that we have very similar ways in South India. We have sleeping mats made of Korai grass similar to Tatmai mats and since its too hot in the summers here we will sleep on just the sleeping mat itself . We also have cotton stuffed soft mattresses which are rolled/folded up. Everyone in my University dorm used those kind of mattresses. Edit: spellcheck

Thank yoou for sharing!

Loved sleeping on futons! Great video already subbed

Thank you, that was very interesting. I could easily sleep on a futon as I don't really like soft springy beds!

Very nice!

Never having slept on the floor , however I sleep on a platform bed. The only difference looks to me , is that I’m higher and my mattress is of a denser different material composition. Actually, my mattress is old and sagging on the side that I always sleep on and needs to be replaced. A futon would be easy to keep clean and pretty free from dust mites, dead skin cells etc., IF kept and dusted off and clean on a daily basis. Maybe, there will come a time that one ( myself included) will give a futon floor bed a try. Thanks for info.

After seeing the size of the spiders in Japan, i'm not sure id'e sleep on the floor.

I had futons 46 years ago...They were great.

I have a bed (it looks like you do too in the video), but I cannot sleep on mattresses. I hate them. I would like to try tatami, but I cannot afford that, so I use plywood.

Awesome...i have a japanese futon at home.

I am sorry but when my family visited Japan we stayed in a traditional house in Kyoto.I spent one night on these mats and my back was so sore.Thankfully there was one western bed in the house and the next night I thankfully sank onto it.

And I love there food

I love sleeping on the floor now, good idea .

I truly love the Japanese futon bedding style neat and hygienic 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I wish i could shop for Asian textiles ect.

I see that the quilts are inside sheets that have an oval opening on top. What are these called & where can we get them? 🙏🏽

A tatami and futon would be nice if someone else set it up and put it away..I am LAZY GIRL and leave my bed messy

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How do you use the Yutanpo ? Do you sleep sith it inside the futon ?

People with many physical disabilities cannot sleep this way but otherwise looks like a good option.

No thanks. It looks like it takes forever to make and forever to put away. Plus, here in the "West," we understand that beds are there to show us where we don't have to vacuum, lol.

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No can do

I work so hard ill sleep anywhere 🎉

The white piece is the futon? What is the darker piece?

How do the elderly and people with disabilities cope with futons?

I would hate that. I love my normal bed..

Is there a way to elevate yourself if you have to for medical reasons. I'm talking about elevating your upper body!

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No, thank you. I love my bed.

Those are beds.

Impossible d'écouter la voix..😮

lol that water thing to warm feet in the winter my grand, grand, grand parents used in Europe. In which century you live? Sleeping on the floor? No central heating in house???

I swap my bed for a Japanese futon bed any day

Without beds? A futon mattress IS a bed. A pile of leaves under your tent IS a bed. Japan uses beds. Simple as that.

Too much work. No, thank you.