Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:15:54 +0200 From: Hallvard Tangeraas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040803 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Choice of Futon mattress Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.80-203-32.nextgentel.com X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.80-203-32.nextgentel.com Message-ID: <4177b688$1@news.broadpark.no> X-Trace: news.broadpark.no 1098364552 132.80-203-32.nextgentel.com (21 Oct 2004 15:15:52 +0200) Lines: 23 Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!passion.nalgo.co.jp!news.moat.net!news.zanker.org!feeder.enertel.nl!nntpfeed-01.ops.asmr-01.energis-idc.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!feeder2.news.jippii.net!feeder1.news.jippii.net!news.net.hanse.com!nntp.gblx.net!nntp3.phx1!news.broadpark.no Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:19886 Having backpacked all over Japan for a couple of months (had a great time!) I slept a lot on Futon mattresses, and slept really well! Now I want to exchange my bed for a Futon on the bedroom floor here at home, and be able to use that space the bed would usually take up as well, by putting the mattress away during the day. I have friends in Japan who could send me a mattress, but what kind of mattresses are there, and which one should I choose? I've checked around here (in Norway), and I did find a store selling Futons, but at a price! And I was told that I need to put something underneath and not just place them on the floor. Obviously these aren't the original types of Futons as used in Japan, but I'm a little confused now.... so if someone would care to enlighten me about the subject so I'll know a little more about what to ask my Japanese friends to send me. Thanks -- Hallvard