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Japanese Adopting Western Dress but Still Sleep on the Floor
Tokyo reports that despite adopting Western dress, many Japanese still sleep on tatami flooring. The article notes that Western-style houses with full furnishings are financially out of reach for most, so families continue using low dining tables on floors, and beds remain quilts on mats. It highlights limited adoption of Western living spaces, coffeeing on traditional tatami rooms, and the slow drift toward semi Western homes in crowded Tokyo.
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Robert Crabbe
Tokyo
UPI
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