The J-Life Shikifuton is a traditional Japanese-style mattress: a 100% unbleached cotton duck shell filled with American-grown cotton, with no foam, wool or innersprings. It comes with a removable cover in imported Japanese cotton fabric, so the sleeping surface can be washed or swapped. It suits sleepers who want a firm, low, floor-level bed and are willing to air and rotate it regularly. Against foam futons and folding mattresses, it trades cushioned softness for breathable natural materials and a genuinely firm feel.
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Owners of J-Life shikifutons generally describe a firm, genuinely Japanese feel and praise the cotton materials and removable covers. Complaints center on the upkeep a cotton futon demands and on how thin it feels to side sleepers.
The J-Life Shikifuton is a Japanese-style floor mattress made in the U.S. to traditional Japanese specifications. It has no foam, wool or innersprings. The mattress is a 100% unbleached cotton duck cover filled with 100% American-grown cotton. Naturally derived boron is used as a fire retardant to meet US fire retardant standards.
This version comes with a handmade, zippered, removable cover made to fit the mattress snugly. The cover is 100% cotton fabric imported from Japan. It has a dotwork seikai ha pattern printed in white on solid navy.
The sleep surface is firm. A shikifuton is meant to be used on a flat, solid surface such as a tatami mat, a floor or a platform bed. It is sized to fit American bed frames but is not meant for American-style futon frames. Pairing it with a tatami mat helps air circulate.
