Tatami

Here is the floor of the tatami room in my 2DK apartment. (2DK is shorthand for two rooms plus a dining kitchen.) Floors are measured by the number of mats. My bedroom was 6 mats. I slept on a futon. Tatami is springy, so futons are more comfortable than they are on American hard floors. However, the straw does harbor crickets and earwigs from time to time. One of my favorite short poems is by Issa:
Cricket, be careful! I'm rolling over!

Kobayahi Issa, translated by Robert Bly