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Alternative sleeping surfaces, part 2: If you want a real Japanese futon, you'll need this tool, too
Many thanks.
Whom did you buy it from? How much was it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG4uRmTJUU8
By creating an empty-space, it allows for limitless potential of reasons for the room's existence. It could become a tea room, dinner room, bedroom, entertainment room... the empty room creates "potential" to be any room. Traditional rooms in Japan (which are becoming rare) often have nothing that is permanent, even the "walls" or fusuma, slide away to create a larger expansive empty-space. The people, wall, furniture, and artwork, enter and then leave the room, to return it to empty-space, full of potential. This philosophy can often be seen in many parts of the country, from objects to culture, to even an international company like Muji ("Mu" meaning "empty" or "absence" with a hint of "tranquility" and "potential". That would be the closest translation in English. )
Next time you're in Japan, look for things that you cannot see, the potential in the absence.
I don't know you, but I'm excited about your experience with a Japanese futon. It might change your lifestyle but it might also change the way you perceive everything around you in this American life.