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Amiya Baratan

Great for Neck Pain and Hot Sleepers — Is This Boxy Japanese Pillow Made From Buckwheat the Secret to Sleeping Better?

A square buckwheat pillow with a patterned case on a checkerboard background.

Layering your bed so it's perfectly cozy and cuddle-worthy is not as easy as it sounds. The trickiest part by far is finding the right types of pillows. But I just discovered the 'sobagara' pillow, and it might just be the game-changing sleep accessory I've been looking for.

It's one of the lesser-known, more technical secrets of Japanese sleep. And according to the experts, the magic of this pillow lies in its stuffing of buckwheat hulls. It provides the moulding of a foam pillow with far better comfort.

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