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Now that I have my futon for approximately a month, I thought I would share the little story behind.

I had a sofa-like bed for a while (since I moved in to this apartment 20-ish years ago). It served its purpose, but it was getting old, and had to be replaced. I grew liking the thought of getting a futon. I thought that sleeping on a harder surface might worth it on the long run, plus it would allow me to pack away my bed during the day, freeing up space. So I threw out my old bed (among other stuff), and ordered a foldable tatami and a queen-size futon from Japan.

Now I live alone, but I thought it could not hurt, just in case someone wants to sleep with me. I was not expecting it to be this warm. The first impressions were: it's super cozy, super inviting, and super warm. It took some time to adjust to the harder surface, but now that I have it for a month, I believe I can confidently say that I am really happy with the switch. I sleep well, my room is more tidy, and now that it gets freed up every day, my floor is much cleaner (easy to clean up, and no more dust bunny party under the bed).

My main difficulty was the "how to air out" part, because I have no balcony, and all my windows are on one side, so opening them helps nothing. Still, I got a blanket hanger, so I can air it out once a week.

I also managed to get a futon dryer. I do not know if it is allowed to put pictures in comments, but if yes, I will add a photo to the comments too. That one I also got from Japan. There might have been products for European voltage, but I could not really find any, and I somehow trusted better the ones they are using in Japan, so I ordered one from there (of course getting a transformator to convert the European voltage to Japanese was again an extra cost).

Overall, what can I say? Switching to floor sleeping and getting an authentic futon was one of the best choices I made in the past couple of years. I am really happy.

Does anyone know if there's a place to get (original) Japanese futons in Europe?

[storytime] There's that website a lot of people recommended here and there (Futon Beds from Japan)... They even have a running banner saying "shipping takes 2-3 days to US, 6-9 days to Europe" or something like that. So I was not really looking further, and a few days ago I decided to make a purchase.

Well, it's obviously my fault for not looking, but for me, "Europe" means "Europe", or at least the "EU Countries".... but it turns out that for them, "Europe" means some randomly selected countries. I can select Austria, Germany, some countries on the north, and that's all. Nevertheless, my country (Hungary) is not on the list, even though it's part of Europe for a 1000+ years or something, and part of EU for 20+ years... Of course I dropped them an email asking about it, but it's been a week and they have not replied.

So I might need to look for an alternative option, but it is really hard to find something where they sell actual futons and not just something they decided to call a futon...[/storytime]

Do anyone knows a place where I could get one?

TLDR: Would like to get Japanese futon in Europe, and the FutonBedsFromJapan everyone seem to be recommending does not ship to my country

One month in - sleeping on the floor