Having just arrived back from two weeks in Japan, so many things amazed me. From the culture to the food, every aspect of the country was a complete delight – and none more so, as a Sleep Editor, than the beds.
In general, our city-based hotel bedrooms in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto came in a range of different shapes and sizes. But when we stayed in two traditional 'ryokans', or inns, along the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage route, tiny city spaces with plush Western mattresses gave way to expansive tatami mats, sliding shoji doors, and traditional futons, rolled out at bedtime.
