Guests have to remove their shoes at the entrance of any Japanese-style accommodation Slippers are worn inside. except or the atam mattins, sc bring thick socks d the weather is cold. Seating in the room is on cushions called zabuton arranged around the low table. In the winter season, there may be a blanket around the table. You sip your feet under the blanket for the warmth of a kotatsu electrical heating unit. The taton bedding is laid out on the floor. It ordinarity consists of a mattress, sheets, a thick cover, and extra blankets it needed. A thin yukata robe is provided. In cold weather it is supplemented by a tanzen gown worn over it.