Hallvard Tangeraas <inv@lid.email> wrote:

> Robert La Ferla wrote:
> > I just purchased a futon set (shikibuton mattress, kakebuton comforter
> > and pillow case) in Tokyo and had it shipped to the US.  I bought mine
> > at Tokyu Hands (Shinjuku) and they packaged it up and Takashimaya 
> > shipped it via UPS to me.  I was astounded by how quick it came.  It
> > arrived in a few days.
> 
> I'd be very interested in hearing more about this -the costs, what kind
> of futon it was and most of all.... how it feels sleeping on it!
> 
> I did some browsing around at the Tokyu hands websites 
> (http://www.tokyu-hands.co.jp), but haven't found anything so far 
> concerning futons (it might have something to do with my lacking 
> Japanese language skills ;-)

It's a badly laid-out site. You need to select one of the three choices
under Shop List (why three, I wonder?) then type "futon" (in Japanese,
of course) into the search field, to get something like:

<http://www.bidders.co.jp/dap/sv/shopsearch/2671695?keyword=%95z%92c>

They strike me as being rather expensive, though. 

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