Good Questions: I Like Futons! Where Can I Get a Good One?

Hello AT,

Despite everyone's LOVING the memory foam mattresses, I am a futon man and always have been, but i can't find a good one here in the city. Out in San Francisco I knew the places to get really good, quality, handmade futons. Where can a FUTON MAN get a good futon in Gotham City?

Thanks, FT

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Dear FT,

We, too, have a friend in the Bay Area who swears by his authentic Japanese futons (2 layers) on top of a simple rice mat platform, but we haven't seen that here. Of course, there is the Futon Ghetto along Broadway, but you want something better. This is what we dug up as places to start and we hope that readers help out.

Raworganic.com: the luxury brand....

Asian Ideas; 'An authentic Japanese futon consists of a shiki-futon (mattress) and a kake-futon (comforter)."

J-Life

Abundant Earth: Organic!

All of these are online, but shipping a futon shouldn't be a big deal. As for places in the city where you could lie on one... You could ask Miya Shoji Interiors on 17th street. Miya is a great Japanese furniture designer and showroom and they may have references.

Anyone else??

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In Los Angeles there is one traditional style futon business that I know of called Sleep Exquisite. They make thin cotton mats and high density foam that goes under the cotton shikibuton. To mcomplete futon they make a beautiful kakebuton that is your top comforter and for which you choose a decorative center piece of material from their swatches and then a solid border.

They also offer cleaning and restuffing of their shikis's with new cotton or their foam mat can be cleaned and restuffed with new foam. I bought my futon from them in 1983 and am still using it after getting it restuffed every 7 to 8 years or so.

Located at 11727 Gateway Blvd. (same street as Ocean Park Blvd. when it runs through Santa Monica) in West Los Angeles (310) 478 3800. They have a rudimentary web site at www.sleepexquisite.com which shows a bit of what they offer.

I would like to plug the White Lotus futons. They are really well made, by hand, by people in NJ earning a living wage. They last a long time and the people at the store are really wonderful - they really believe in what they are doing. They have an extensive selection of mattresses and can custom make your mattress for very reasonable prices. I have slept on a white lotus futon mattress since 2003, and my baby sleeps on one of their crib mattresses, when she moves up to a larger bed, we'll be buying her a twin mattress.
I cannot stress enough how much I love the product and the company. www.whitelotus.net