Japanese Traditional Tatami Mats
Our tatami mats are 100 compressed straw.
Japanese traditional tatami mats. They are made by covering rice straw with a woven sea rush. In martial arts tatami are the floor used for training in a dojo and for competition. Inside is a baked dried rice straw fill for strength and durability. Our authentic traditional japanese kaiteki tatami mats are the perfect asian style floor covering and are both comfortable enough to walk on and yet soft enough to rest on or perhaps lay a mattress on.
While today modern homes use a range of flooring types many homes will have at least one tatami area that can be used as a sitting room or as a bedroom by spreading out a tatami mattress called a futon. Our exclusive kaiteki tatami mats are designed to withstand years and years of heavy use. Our tatami mats are beautiful japanese style traditional floor and bed tatami mats. Tatami 畳 is one of the most common design elements in traditional japanese homes along with sliding shoji doors and the tokonoma with hanging scrolls.
Once tatami mats reached into the homes of commoners they became a common household item in every japanese style room and was a symbol for home. Whether at a temple restaurant or inn you. The tatami mat is a type of flooring material that is used in traditional japanese style rooms and more commonly tatami rooms. Tatami are made in individual mats of uniform size and shape bordered by brocade or plain cloth.
The size of a room in japan is typically measured by the number of tatami mats. They are ideal for sitting and sleeping because of the springy but firm texture they provide. These tatami mats come in many sizes for flooring here we are offering all our tatami mats fit american mattress sizes. A tatami 畳 is a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional japanese style rooms tatami are made in standard sizes twice as long as wide about 0 9 m by 1 8 m depending on the region.
Made with woven straw these mats are a key element of traditional japanese architecture. Except for the classic series you can make a purchase of one mat but we also offer sets of 3 4 6 9 and 12 that can be immediately spread out on the floor and enjoyed upon arrival. A moisture resistant barrier is included in the foundation of the mat. Standard dimensions of full mats are fixed at 90 cm by 180 cm.
Tatami mat japanese floor tatami mats for sleeping and living simply. Tatami are a traditional japanese floor mats. Our tatami is square 82 cm 64 56 in x 82 cm 64 56 in. The kaiteki authentic japanese style tatami mats.
Each mat is sewn with a black fabric border and bound with twine. Our tatami mats are constructed of japanese rush grass with a double layer top for extra protection. Tatami mats are dried woven rushes which are wrapped around and sewn to a core.