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This is exactly what I've been looking for!

There's nothing Japanese about this platform bed. That it's presumed that most cultures use bed is a Western concept. Most Japanese, even wealthy ones, still sleep on futons - filled with rice-husks and not-at-all like the cheap cotton-filled ones you find in the US. I even saw a platform bed advertised as a Thai bed in Met Home. Although modern Thais sleep in beds and mattresses, most Thais still sleep on the floor with some type of padding. Not to mention people who still sleep in hammocks.

very brooding and masculine

van der Ziam is both right and wrong - there's nothing especially Japanese about that particular bed, but it's no longer true that most japanese sleep on rice husk futon mattresses - these days probably 99% of futon are the "cheap" cotton ones (the price isn't cheap unless you're comparing to western-style mattress prices) - the set of shikibuton (the one you sleep on) and kakebuton (the one you cover yourself with) at the department store when i lived in tokyo was over $200 - also, a small but growing percentage are buying beds (though very few have the space to fit a queen-size bed like the one above) - for examples of "Japanese" beds check out Mujirushi's Japanese online store's bed selection (link from my name if i did it correctly, or below) - you'll need to click through several pages of accessories to see the beds, or set the display to 100, rather than 10, items per page.

http://www.muji.net/store/cmdty/section/S00501

Traditionlly Japanese never slept on "beds". some of the japanese having acquired "western" habits sleep on ......End of story

Howdy - My partner bought this same bed late last year - it does have a japanese look to it - but I see it as being more scandanavian. It is interesting but the only thing I see as a design flaw is that there is insufficient depth underneath the ledge around the bed for your feet - so you will constantly stub your toe on the actual plinth bit that meets the floor! Yep I have done it more than twice!

they have a great EAMES work chair knock - off and other goodies. if you know the manufacturer of a piece you have been eyeing ... they are really good at matching the price :)

tim,
i'm thinking of getting this bed. how is the quality. do you have any problems and would you recommend it?

thanks in advance