Buckwheat hull filling: Certified Organically Grown, a natural biodegradable grain hull, a byproduct of buckwheat grouts and flour production. It conforms to the shape of your body for a grounded feeling, and the little air pockets between the hulls permit airflow to keep you cool. These same air pockets are warmed by the infrared heat your body produces and the special 100% cotton fabric helps hold this heat to a nice warm temperature while you sleep.

Buckwheat pillows have been and are globally used. For example in many European countries new borns are given both a buckwheat hull mattress and a buckwheat hull pillow. To promote sound sleep without being to cold our too warm while sleeping.

In Korea all children are given a buckwheat hull pillow by their grandmothers.

In Japan for hundreds of years and even today the only pillow that is available to purchase are buckwheat hull pillows, everyday ship loads of buckwheat is shipped to Japan from Canada, they make buckwheat noodles from the innerseed and make pillows from the hulls.

In Canada the first pillows and mattresses available and used by the first Canadians in eastern Canada, over a hundred years ago, was buckwheat hull pillows and mattresses. At that time they did not have cotton or hay to fill mattresses and pillows. Later, it was used in chicken coups too to help the chickens to deal with the cold temperatures of Canada, at times of the year no city in Canada is above zero degrees for weeks at a time.

Buckwheat Body Pillow and Bolster

Cradle yourself in complete comfort with the Body Pillow. It has been designed to relieve pain, promote better circulation and support for neck and back alignment. Both sizes are stuffed with pillow quality buckwheat hulls. Designed to support your entire body in almost any position... provides optimum support for the upper and lower extremities while cushioning and maintaining proper spinal alignment. The flexible design allows a variety of positions while sleeping on your side or back.

	Neck Roll  and Bolsters 5" round by 17" long
$69.99

Bolster  Pillow Yoga style

These are styled after the pillows you will find in the better Tokyo Hotels with squared sides

Rectangular Shaped Pillow  

Round Bolsters and Body pillows

Oat Microwavable Hot n' Cold

Unscented microwavable Heat pack with oat seeds

Neck wrap

$39.99

Buckwheat Hull Classic

Cool Blend Pillow

15" x 11" cool blend - buckwheat hulls with cooling seeds pillow, removes heat when used.

The ultimate Relaxation package everything above is included a Hot n' Cold unscented microwavable pack, a Traditional Japanese Neck Rest Pillow, a Body bostler, and a buckwheat hull Futon. Rest like there is no tomorrow.
 

$799

Tatami Mats

Most Japanese houses have Tatami. Tatami is a thick firm mat to cover the Japanese-style room floor. Tatami mats are better than wooden flooring because you can relax on Tatami.
Tatami has a long history. Emperor Shoumu used Tatami as a bed in Nara era (710-794). It was the beginning of Tatami. In Heian era (794-1192), some rules were made about the use of Tatami. People in different social ranks had to use different kinds of Tatami. There were some rules about thickness of Tatami and color and patterns of its edge. The edge of Tatami for the emperor was made of the best silk fabrics.
In the middle of Edo era (about 1730), Tatami came into use among common people. In the Meiji era (1867-1911), farmers started using it. In Japan, we usually explain the size of a room by counting the number of Tatami mats which fit the room. For example, "My room is four Tatami mats size." The size of a Tatami is different from place to place.
The "Chuukyou-ma" type of Tatami is the most popular. Tatami is made of rush. The kind of rush to make Tatami is called "igusa". If you look at the surface of Tatami closely, you will find that Tatami is woven out of rush. To weave one surface of Tatami, they use about four to five thousand pieces of rush.
But the craftsperson doesn't use rush immediately after harvest. They sort rush by its use and grade (e.g., quality, length, color, etc.) before they use it.
Rush is used in Tatami's for many good reasons. For example, Tatami cleans air in the room because the rush of Tatami absorbs carbon dioxide. The rush is soaked in the mud immediately after harvest. This process keeps rush from changing of color and it also makes the next process easier. The far infrared rays are shed by this mud. Because of the far infrared rays, rush makes you relax. Also, rush has another wonderful function. Rush absorbs water when humidity of room is high. When humidity of room is low, it discharges water. Moreover, it prevents ticks in Tatami. Because Tatami is good to keep the room warm and let the air through. Therefore, you feel cool in summer when you sit or stand on Tatami, and you feel warm in winter when you sit or stand on Tatami.

 

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