5,760 HOURS OF WORK!? - The Process of Making Japanese Traditional Tatami.

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  @Craftsmanship-Process · 1 year ago · pinned

  You can purchase the products in the video from the link below! Please enjoy Japanese traditional crafts!<br><a href="https://suigenkyo.store/collections/ohta-tatami-store?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=product_shelf">https://suigenkyo.store/collections/ohta-tatami-store?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=product_shelf</a>

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  @IonOtter · 2 years ago

  For those who don&apos;t know, Tatami are very expensive, as you&apos;d expect from such hard work! &nbsp;But if they are cared for properly, then they can last up to 40 years. &nbsp;Even so, they must be flipped over every 4-6 years to expose the new surface beneath. &nbsp;This is called “ura-gaeshi.” &nbsp;After 4-6 years, or sooner if the mat is in the direct sunlight, or a high-traffic area, then the surface of the mat must be replaced. &nbsp;This is called &quot;omote-gae&quot;, and they keep the center board, or &quot;tatami-doko,&quot; and put on fresh covering. &nbsp;If the tatami-doko is damaged, gets soaked and improperly dried, or gets infested with termites or blood-sucking &quot;dani,&quot; then you have to replace them completely, or &quot;shin-datami&quot; and &quot;shintyo.&quot; &nbsp;Because they are a natural product, they have a sweet, distinctive aroma, especially when freshly made or refreshed via omote-gae.

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  @BalconyFish · 2 years ago

  It is fascinating to watch the juxtaposition of using a machine to &nbsp;weave an item in use for 100&apos;s of years, then have a lone craftsman literally use his hands and bare feet to complete the same item. Wild and revealing.

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  @fusetaka · 2 years ago

  忘れてはならないのが、昔は便利な機械を使わずに完全手作業だったということ<br>これらを考案し、進化させていった過去の職人への敬意は忘れてはならない

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  @ScratchyBaws · 2 years ago

  I still had to google what Tatami was after watching this video. It&apos;s basically floor/flooring mats made from &nbsp;thick woven straw and a woven rush grass for anyone that wanted to know.

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  @chienakamura1891 · 2 years ago

  My grandpa was Tatami Yasan in Kyushu Japan. I spent one winter in his place, when I was very young. <br>“Doma “ was filled with rice strolls and big machine to make tatami mats. &nbsp;All the sound in this video brings all my memories coming back. &nbsp;I was on top of fresh tatami on his reercar. Once delivery to a house. It was a day before the young couple’s wedding. &nbsp;I sow white wedding kimono in living room. &nbsp;Never forget that day. <br>Proud of Japanese skill man ship. &nbsp;<br>Thank you for showing your video.

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• YV

  @yvonnedobiash2180 · 2 years ago

  No wonder they take their shoes off coming into their homes. &nbsp;Much respect for your product, history, work ethics beautiful in everyway possible.

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  @nortyfiner · 2 years ago

  Back in the 1990s, there was exactly one contractor in the whole USA that the US Navy trusted to scrape the bearings on a carrier&apos;s main engines. Just one man with his special skills and long experience, and a few assistants learning from him. The meticulous way the one trusted QA person here chooses the materials and inspects the mats reminds me of that. An expert with a fine eye and skills developed over years or even decades of experience; a true master of a special craft.

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  @yukinariosasi2333 · 1 year ago

  畳って日光がさ仕込んで暖まると<br>井草の匂いがより感じられて<br>横になってると外の草っ原で<br>寝そべってるみたいな気持ちよさあるよな

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  @うずら-v2i · 1 year ago

  昔いぐさ農家だったので懐かしいですね。染土した後乾燥させるのですが、乾燥部屋の排気口から染土の粉塵が外に大量に排出されるので、いぐさ刈りシーズンになるといぐさ農家の周辺は火山灰に覆われたようになってました。

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  @めいめい-q3q · 2 years ago

  日本に住んでいたら畳はあって当たり前のもの。でもそれが完成するまでいかに手間と時間がかかるものかを初めて知った。重労働で大変な仕事。感謝しかない。

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  @lando8913 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve watched a ton of videos of craftsman in Japan. I think its really cool how they still have so many traditional and hand crafted businesses, and they appear to be paid very well for their products too which would suggest their culture values this sort of thing. Makes me sad that the US has been largely falling away from that for years in exchange for cheaper products made in another country.

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