Why Japanese sleep on the floor?

Although most of Japanese people use bed to sleep,
it is still common to sleep on the floor for Japanese.
Why is it??

There is no exact answer, but these are what I think are true!

1. Tatami mat
2. Shoes matter
3. Space problem

1. Tatami mat

Tatami mat is the traditional Japanese floor made of rice grass,
Which is soft and cozy to sleep on.
It use to be a major type of floor in Japan and the size of the room is measured by the number of tatami mats.
For example 6 tatami mats are the most common single bed room size in Japan.

2. Shoes matter

It might be also because of tatami mat, Japanese traditionally take off their shoes when they get into the house.
Tatami mat is soft and easy to be damaged, they do not wear shoes on tatami.
Therefore, the floor is treated as clean enough to put Futon and sleep on.

3. Space problem

Because it can be folded into two or three and put away to the storage, Futon was a space-saving way of using small space.
The room can be used as a study or dining room during a daytime, and a bed room during a night time.

These are what I(Japanese) think are the understandable reason for why Japanese use floor to sleep on.

If you are in Japan, try this traditional way and see how it fits you 🙂

Considering to buy, hold or sell property?

When you plan to buy, sell, or hold property in Tokyo,
you should give a thought about renovating it.
 
When you buy, you can buy an old and cheap apartment and renovate it by yourself.
 
When you hold and have a hard time to find a tenant, you can renovate it to make it easier to find one.
 
When you sell, of course, you can renovate it to maximize the value of it.
 
Renovation is only one of the many solutions we have, and it is not always the best solution,
but it is true that you can make a good use of it 🙂
 
Ask us if you are wondering what to do with your property.
 
We, the real estate consulting team will judge what benefit you the most.

Easy steps to Enjoy Tatami

If you are living, or thinking about moving in to Tatami house,
you might be wondering how you should treat it.
 
Actually, it is quit easy.

Don’t miss a chance to enjoy Tatami if you are here in Japan 🙂
 
Here are the 4 important points when you have tatami mat in your house.
 
1. Don’t put a carpet on it, to keep it dry.
 
2. When you use a vacuum, do it softly and follow the direction of tatami.
 
3. When you want to wipe it for cleaning, use a dry towel. Only a bit wet towel is fine but not too much.
 
4. On a sunny day, keep the windows open to make the room dry.

 

Overall, the most important point is to keep it dry, because the humidity is what a mold and a tick loves.

See? Now you know how easy it is to treat tatami, and the rest you should

do is just to enjoy it 🙂

How to make your OFF the BEST day!

Hello!
How are you?
Hope you’re all fine : )

A big typhoon is coming by Japan and
It is raining everyday these days!!!

But BEFORE this rain…
We went to Misaki harbor to enjoy our last summer day!

Swimming in the ocean…

Sleeping on the boat…

I knew this was my best way to enjoy my off!
Good food, good drink, good weather, with my colleagues : )

Want to enjoy us?

Please feel 100% free to contact us !

From now on let’s enjoy the RAINY DAYS!

Thank you.

A NEW type of communication tool!

Hello!

The summer passed… and looks like Autumn is already here!
How was your summer : )?

Today, I want to introduce you a NEW type of renovated apartment : )

Here is the plan!

What is ‘new’ about this apartment…?

There is a blackboard in the middle of the living room!

Draw whatever you want : )
Feel what your family is thinking now.
Tell them what you can’t tell directly.

It should be your new tool of communication.

Summer OBON holidays

Hello!

Thank you very much for all your help and support as always.

Today, I want to inform you about our Summer -OBON- holidays.

The office will be closed
from August 12th to August 16th,
due to the national holidays in Japan: OBON.

We will restart working from August 17th 10:00AM.

Apologies for any inconvenience it may cause.

Hope you all have a great summer!

Thank you.

A newly renovated office in Minat-ku !

Hi!

How are you?
Hope you’re all well ; )

Typhoon has come in Tokyo…
Looks like it’s going to rain really hard tonight!

Today, I want to introduce the renovation we did recently!

It’s an office in Minato-ku, Tokyo.

The room was a normal office-room,
But we changed it to…
A room like this!

Not only to be a ‘business’ space-
Having the natural sunlight, wood, green
And never forget to relax and have your time.

Want to have further details?

Feel free to contact us!

03-5793-3515
03-5793-3516
global@balleggs.co.jp

Thank you, and have a great typhoon night ;P