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A Different Point of View
Browsing through the Japan Airlines Shop onboard catalog, I enjoyed seeing products that wouldn’t be offered by, say, the SkyMall or Hammacher Schlemmer catalogs found in U.S. airline seatpockets.
Here are two examples, both of which assume a preference for sitting close to the floor:

The ad also boasts scientific-looking heat-maps charting pressure on the derrière, proving that sitting on this chair will distribute weight more evenly than sitting directly on the tatami mat.

You’ve gotta love how the desk folds into an end table…
Unfortunately, these products are only available to Japanese residents, so the rest of us are out of luck.
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