Portable Easy Seiza Chair from Japan

It is helpful, but not particularly sturdy. Very portable, however.

It's not like in the picture. When you take it out its in a draw string bag, but the base of it isn't strong enough to hold you up. The whole thing is just felt with metal slabs inside and it instantly collapses. It's literally impossible to sit on.

this is an excellent portable seiza chair...IF you are already used to sitting in seiza unassisted and/or sit in seiza with a zafu for meditation.I can throw it into any bag to ease long meditation sits while traveling when packing a zafu simply will not work.The chair is one piece, a loop of very sturdy fabric, with two boards located so that it creates a trapezoid, the long stretch of fabric between the boards is the seat and the short stretch touches the ground.If one is new to seiza this will be more comfortable than unassisted but not by much... for those unused to seiza it takes many hours for the muscles, tendons, and joints of the legs to comfortably stretch in this position.

I bought it to be my travel meditation bench.I am 6'3" tall, and it's impossible for me to sit on it, unless I put some FOLDED pillows on top on this bench

I found this gives just enough lift not to let my knees 'pinch' and thus, my legs go numb. It actually supports my 185-lb frame, which is surprising for such a small folding gadget. And the best part is that it packs/folds completely flat, so I can not only take it to tea ceremony events, I don't have to wrestle with a bulky object, like other seiza aids on the market (of which I have several; the legs of the stool types damage tatami mats easily).

I'm not really satisfied if I compare with others like it. It's unsteady.

This "chair" is so small that it is virtually the same as kneeling directly on your heels. If you can do that, great: you don't need this. If you can't, and need some support to lift you off your heels (which is what a seiza bench is for), this is no help whatsoever. I would be crippled in no time if I tried to sit with this. I regret buying it.

This amazing little gadget is so portable you'd hardly believe it's there when you packed it up in it's own little bag. It folds up flat and you can just treat it as a file and carry it under your arm! Really amazed with this simple and really useful design. Perfect for those who are used to doing seiza style meditation, but you find your legs cramping.With this little foldable bench, I could just sit comfortably in seiza position for hours!

購入して、最初のお茶会（お稽古の）で壊れてしまいました。座ったとたんバリッと音がして、私はこけてしまいました。携帯に便利かなと思い購入しましたが、残念でした。皆に体重制限があったんじゃないのとか言われ笑われてしまいました。残念ながらお勧めできません。安物買いの銭失いという言葉がわかりました。

あまり安定感が無くて使いづらいです。持ち運びには便利なので体系にあう方にはいいかも。

長時間の正座がきついので、手軽に使えるものを探していたのですが。座ったときに、くぼみの幅が狭く、かどが、お尻の骨にあたり、痛くて長時間などとても座れません。子供のお尻の幅で丁度よいぐらいでした。コンパクトで、持ち運びに便利だと思いますが、大人には、座ったときの幅が狭くて使いにくいと思います。もう少し、お尻にあたる部分の幅を広くして、お尻をすっぽり包むような造りにしてあれば、使いやすいと思います。使用できなかったので、残念ですが私の評価は、低くなります。