{"id":476,"date":"2020-09-11T08:56:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T08:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/?p=476"},"modified":"2023-06-20T09:04:49","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:04:49","slug":"japanese-sleep-on-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sleeping.guide\/japanese-sleep-on-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Japanese People Sleep On The Floor: Simply Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I bet that after long, hard day you want nothing more than to\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Roll out a mat and sleep on the floor?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Different customs around the world can seem very strange \u2013 and one of the biggest is how Japanese people sleep on the floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve often been curious about this myself, so I dove in and found out why. Everything I found is outlined below, but if you want a short answer..<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why do Japanese People Sleep on the Floor?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s a bunch of reasons why Japanese People Sleep on the Floor. Including tradition, space-saving in small homes, and customising for summer\/winter, and more. Sleeping on the floor has been custom in Japan for thousands of years, though this is slowly fading.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s the quick version \u2013 but in truth there\u2019s no \u2018one\u2019 reason why Japanese people sleep on the floor. Instead, there\u2019s plenty! I\u2019ve covered them all below. (And also covered some of the disadvantages at the end\u2026 it\u2019s not all sunshine and rainbows down on the floor!) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you think about it, the whole world must have slept on the floor at some point. We didn\u2019t always have the large raised beds that we all enjoy now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Respecting tradition in Japan is a massive<\/em> deal. While they\u2019re some of the fastest innovators with technology, they never forget their roots, either.<\/p>\n\n\nTradition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n