Hi, we are moving to Japan and the house we found has Tatami flooring in a couple rooms. I've seen a few a posts about tatmi bugs. Is it obvious when the tatami has bugs? What should I be looking out for or is it best to replace it?
by Working_Pitch_4703
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I just assume all tatami has bugs. They’re called dani (mites). There are treatments you can use and you would apply them periodically but I’d be envious if you didn’t get a few bites. You will read/hear that dani are the same thing as bed bugs but that’s not the case. Dani are no-see-um arachnid mites whereas bedbugs are clearly visible and large in comparison. Replacing tatami won’t help unless there is an abundant population of dani living in them. Again, even new tatami likely will host dani. Just the nature of the beast.